Oil-eating bacteria

It has been known for some time that there are strains of bacteria that will accelerate the oxidation of many of the compounds present in unrefined petroleum. These bacteria have been termed oil-eating bacteria. 

Oil-eating bacteria can oxidize long-chain alkanes. In the first step of the pathway, the enzyme monooxygenase catalyzes a reaction that converts the long-chain alkane into a primary alcohol. Data from research studies indicate that three more reactions are required to allow the primary alcohol to enter the p-oxidation pathway. Propose a pathway that would convert the long-chain alcohol into a product that could enter the p-oxidation pathway. 

Properties Alkyl Groups Nomenclature Constitutional or Structural Isomers An Environmental Perspective Oil-Eating Bacteria... 

Animals encounter poison in the plants they eat, from other animals that use poisons in attack and for protection, and from toxin-producing bacteria and fungi. Animals are exposed to toxic metals released from minerals, and even the oxygen that all animals depend on is a very poisonous gas. Leakage of mineral oil, with many toxic and lipohilic substances, is also an old challenge that organisms had to adapt to. Substances produced inside the animal (e.g., ammonia, epoxides, phenolic substances) may also be toxic. Animals must therefore have many protection mechanisms against toxic substances in order to survive and reproduce. 

Bioremediation is the process by which bacteria repair their environment in response, for example, to an oil spill. The efficiency of bacteria for eating hydrocarbons depends on the amount of oxygen in the system, pH, temperature, and many other factors. In a certain oil spill, hydrocarbons from the oil disappeared with a first-order rate constant of 2 X 10 s How many days did it take for the hydrocarbons to decrease to 10% of their initial value ... 

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