Los fondos de tanques provenientes de la industria petrolera son un problema ambiental a resolver en la cuenca del golfo San Jorge. En este trabajo se estudio la biodegradación del hidrocarburo remanente que queda en el sedimento después del lavado con agua y detergente del fondo de tanque. Se realizaron bioreactores a los cuales se los siguió con el sistema OxiTop, consumo de oxígeno, se realizaron recuentos bacterianos y determinación de hidrocarburos por infrarrojo (IR) y por cromatografía gaseosa (GC). El sedimento proveniente del lavado de fondo de tanque contenía cantidad suficiente de bacterias degradadoras y aerobias totales, con un predominio de los géneros Pseudomonas sp y Rhodococcus sp que junto a las condiciones de 20 % humedad, oxigenación y nutrientes en una proporción de 100:3:03 redujeron los hidrocarburos de 2,9 a 0,4 %. La degradación se produjo mayoritariam...

Oil bottom tank sludge is an environmental problem to be solved in the Gulf San Jorge basin. In this paper we study the biodegradation of hydrocarbon remaining in the sediment after washing with water and detergent of the oil bottom tanks. Bioreactors were made to which the system followed by OxiTop, oxygen consumption, and bacterial counts were carried hydrocarbon determination infrared (IF) and by gas chromatography (GC). The sediment from the background wash tank contained enough degrading and total aerobic bacteria, with a predominance of the genera Pseudomonas sp. and Rhodococcus sp. Microbial population, and the condition of 20% humidity, oxygen and nutrients in a ratio of 100: 3: 03 showed an decreased from 2.9 to 0.4% of hydrocarbon with a strong used of linear alkane (13 to 26C) and less used of aromatic.

En el presente trabajo se estudiaron las comunidades bacterianas aisladas de agua de mar y sedimentos intermareales de Caleta Córdova, norte de Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina. Tres sitios fueron muestreados estacionalmente entre los años 2005 y 2006; el primer sitio fue una playa pública, el segundo sitio cerca de un puerto pesquero y el tercero cerca de una boya de toma de petróleo. Las comunidades bacterianas fueron determinadas en base a las diferencias en la composición de ácidos grasos de membrana, las bacterias fueron identificadas por medio del Sistema Sherlock MIDI, y el potencial de las comunidades para la utilización de hidrocarburos por la mineralización de gasoil, petróleo, kerosene, aceite lubricante y nafta. Las mineralizaciones evidenciaron la capacidad de los microorganismos para la degradación de hidrocarburos en dos de los sitios estudiados. Se aislaron 251 cep...

This paper reports on changes in the soil bacterial community from a petroleum zone of Argentina. Changes were observed in a microcosm test which was subject to contamination with hexadecane. The determination of hydrocarbons and bacterial counts were performed weekly. Changes in bacterial diversity were determined by the analysis of membrane fatty acids (FAMEs), identified and quantified by gas chromatography using according to MIDI parameters. It was observed that contamination with hexadecane cause a disturbance in the soil leading to a change in the bacterial community structure.

The aim of this study was to use a voltage difference to increase the bioavailability of hydrocarbons presents in the bottom sediments of oil tank. This experiment was carried out in a glass cuba with three compartment communicated by phosphate-buffered saline bridges that allowed the voltage difference and maintained the soil pH at optimum values for bacterial life. After several 4 days the bioavailability of hydrocarbon was increased by 18.8% in the area near the anode and 5.5% in the area near the cathode.

Inter-tidal sediments and marine water from Caleta Córdova, a beach in the north of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina, were analyzed. Three sites were sampled each season between 2006 and 2006. The first site is a public beach, the second site is near a fishing port and the third one near an oil buoy. Bacterial communities were determined based on differences in the composition of membrane fatty acids, identification of bacteria were using the MIDI Sherlock system, and the potential of communities for the use of hydrocarbons through the mineralization of gasoline, kerosene, diesel, crude oil and mineral oils. Mineralization showed a capacity of the microorganisms to use the hydrocarbons in only two sites of study. Of 251 strains were analyzed and the system could identify 24 genera and 40 species in only 124 strains. The rest of strains were not found in Sherlock data base (version 6.0). Ps...

This paper reports on changes in the soil bacterial community from a petroleum zone of Argentina. Changes were observed in a microcosm test which was subject to contamination with hexadecane. The determination of hydrocarbons and bacterial counts were performed weekly. Changes in bacterial diversity were determined by the analysis of membrane fatty acids (FAMEs), identified and quantified by gas chromatography using according to MIDI parameters. It was observed that contamination with hexadecane cause a disturbance in the soil leading to a change in the bacterial community structure.

The aim of this study was to use a voltage difference to increase the bioavailability of hydrocarbons presents in the bottom sediments of oil tank. This experiment was carried out in a glass cuba with three compartment communicated by phosphate-buffered saline bridges that allowed the voltage difference and maintained the soil pH at optimum values for bacterial life. After several 4 days the bioavailability of hydrocarbon was increased by 18.8% in the area near the anode and 5.5% in the area near the cathode.

In the oil industry, large quantities of hydrocarbons are stored in tanks, in the different stages of extraction and processing of crude oil until it is refined. This generates a residue called a tank bottom, which is a stable emulsion of water and hydrocarbon sediments. The objective of this work was to study the bacteria that are present in the sediment after treating the bottom of the tank with diesel oil, water, and subsequent centrifugation. A bottom and tank were treated with diesel, water and centrifugation, the sediment was obtained, which was counted, isolated and bacteria were identified. 34 strains were obtained, of which 86.1% belonged to the genus Bacillus. The same capacity capabilities to develop diesel, kerosene, hexadecane, and cyclohexane hydrocarbons.

Any chemical compound introduction in the soil, impact in bacterial community. This work aimed to observe the changes in the bacterial community of a soil that was contaminated with hydrocarbons (gasoline, diesel, oil and mixtures 1: 1 diesel-oil and 1: 1: 1 gasoline-diesel-oil). Microcosms were considered that were followed by mineralization, bacterial count, determination of TPH and acid extraction to monitor the bacterial community. There were disturbances in the composition of fatty acids of the bacterial community in all treatments. The addition of nutrients in the control system produces an increase in bacterial count and the system that best degraded was the system with diesel alone, the presence of hydrocarbons produced a grouping of samples with oil and mixtures in the PCA diagram.

Any chemical compound introduction in the soil, impact in bacterial community. This work aimed to observe the changes in the bacterial community of a soil that was contaminated with hydrocarbons (gasoline, diesel, oil and mixtures 1: 1 diesel-oil and 1: 1: 1 gasoline-diesel-oil). Microcosms were considered that were followed by mineralization, bacterial count, determination of TPH and acid extraction to monitor the bacterial community. There were disturbances in the composition of fatty acids of the bacterial community in all treatments. The addition of nutrients in the control system produces an increase in bacterial count and the system that best degraded was the system with diesel alone, the presence of hydrocarbons produced a grouping of samples with oil and mixtures in the PCA diagram.

La goma xantano es utilizada en la industria hidrocarburífera para la extracción terciaria del petróleo. En su utilización en la cuenca del Golfo San Jorge, se observaron inconvenientes con la perdida de estructura del gel que se forma. Se buscó el agente causal de la perdida de estructura del gel. Se aisló e identifico a Bacillus pumilus como la bacteria capaz de crecer utilizando la goma xantano como única fuente de carbono y energía, modificando la viscosidad del gel y así cambiando sus propiedades.

Xanthan gum is used in the oil industry for the tertiary extraction of petroleum. In its use in the basin of the Gulf of San Jorge, there were problems with the loss of gum structure. Strain identified by Bacillus pumilus was isolated from oil water industry and was grown in the medium with xanthan as carbon source. This change modifies the viscosity of the gum and thus changing its properties.