Table 3.
Studies confirming Antarctic marine bacterial ability to biodegrade various hydrocarbons.
| Location | Organism/ Consortium |
Hydrocarbon Source | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rod Bay, Ross Sea | Oleispira antarctica RB-8T | Crude oil, diesel |
[31,36] |
| Marine sediment, Casey Station |
Microbial community | SAB diesel, lubricant |
[33] |
| Surface seawater, Victoria Land Coast, Ross Sea | Bacterial community | Diesel | [24] |
| Antarctic seawater | Oceanobacillus sp. | Lubricant oil, crude oil, diesel kerosene | [51] |
| Coastal sediment, King George Island |
Bacterial community | Diesel | [2] |
| Antarctic marine sediments | Microcosm | Diesel, crude oil | [27] |
| Antarctic pristine seawater, Cape Legoupil | Bacterial community | Diesel | [50] |