Lab study on Alcanivorax and Acinetobacter growing on crude and dispersed oil: Growth rates, changes in oil composition, and oil ecotoxicity

This study quantifies the growth of Alcanivorax and Acinetobacter on crude and dispersed oil, changes in composition that Alcanivorax and Acinetobacter have of crude and dispersed oil, and the impact that Alcanivorax and Acinetobacter have on oil ecotoxicity. Components are divided into three main groups, (1) bacterial growth rates, (2) changes to total petroleum hydrocarbons and specific hydrocarbon fractions following bacterial growth, and (3) the ecotoxicity associated with water-entrained hydrocarbons following bacterial growth. This dataset corresponds with the publication "Hydrocarbon Degrading Bacteria Exhibit a Species Specific Response to Dispersed Oil while Moderating Ecotoxicity" (Overholt, Will A., et al. ). Applied and Environmental Microbiology (2015): AEM-02379.