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Sensitivity of three microalgae to crude oils and fuel oils
Authors:J C Batterton  K Winters  C Van Baalen
Institution:University of Texas Marine Science Institute, Port Aransas Marine Laboratory, Port Aransas, Texas 78373, USA
Abstract:Four crude oils and five fuel oils have been tested for toxicity with three microalgae—a blue-green, a green and a diatom. The oils were absorbed on filter paper pads and the pads submerged in the growth medium. The crude oils were less inhibitory than equal amounts of fuel oils. Despite initial growth lags, the crude oils allowed growth at 30 μl/20 ml of culture medium (105 cells/ml) while fuel oils were lethal at 10 μl/20 ml. The toxicity patterns of two of the whole fuel oils were different from that seen with their water soluble fractions (WSF); for example, the Baton Rouge fuel oil sample was very toxic to growth of the three test organisms whereas its WSF was relatively innocuous. Photosynthesis of a sensitive organism Chlorella autotrophica, strain 580 (107 cells/ml), was only temporarily depressed by the crude oils (30 μl/20 ml). Four of the fuel oils inhibited photosynthesis, O2 output decreasing to zero without recovery. When the fuel oils were heated in a stream of helium they were detoxified. Chemical analyses of two of the toxic fuel oils before and after heating were compared with analyses of the Montana sample, a largely non-toxic fuel oil, in an effort to determine what types of compounds might be involved. Classes of aromatic compounds which were not accountable for the toxicity observed here include naphthalene, methylnaphthalenes, dibenzothiophenes, phenanthrenes and compounds with volatilities greater than methylnaphthalenes. Paraffinic and asphaltic fractions of fuel oil were also non-toxic. The accumulated chemical data suggest that the toxicity of whole fuel oils is due to the less water soluble types of compounds in the higher boiling aromatic fraction.
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