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Gulf of Mexico Spill:Effect of Crude Oil on Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes
Essay Instructions:
Prepare a 3- to 4-page document that outlines your analysis of the effects of the Deepwater Spill on study species in the Gulf of Mexico. In your report include
Part I - Influence of Crude Oil on prokaryote
- Which bacterial species in the Biello and Robinson articles appeared to be most effective at breaking down the crude oil? Do you think these results would be different in an anaerobic environment?
- Do you think there could be negative effects from using multiple bacterial species with different enzymatic abilities to degrade an oil spill?
Part II - Influence of Crude Oil on eukaryotes Thunnus thynnus (Atlantic Bluefin Tuna)
- Provide an overview of the documented effects of crude oil on Thunnus thynnus.
- What stage of development is affected and how could this affect the population?
- What economic impact would this have on the area?
- What is a “highly conserved gene?” What relationship do these results have to the effects of hydrocarbons on humans?
Part III - Recommendations for Remediation
Do you recommend genetically engineering a prokaryote to remediate this spill? In your assessment provide reasons for BOTH why and why not this would be a good approach, and describe which genes would need to be targeted.
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Introduction The Gulf of Mexico oil spill is unique than previous spills as it occurred in deep waters following an explosion of an oil rig. With the release of oil deepwater scientists have focused on utilizing microbes to clean up the spills with oil dispersants being utilized to break down the oil into tinier droplets making it easier for the oil eating microbes to improve microbial degradation. Crude oil has contaminated the marine environment, even as scientists look into ways to genetically modify the oil eating microbes to speed up oil degradation. Part I - Influence of Crude Oil on prokaryotes
- Which bacterial species in the Biello and Robinson articles appeared to be most effective at breaking down the crude oil? Do you think these results would be different in an anaerobic environment?
- Do you think there could be negative effects from using multiple bacterial species with different enzymatic abilities to degrade an oil spill?
- Provide an overview of the documented effects of crude oil on Thunnusthynnus
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