Polysaccharide hydrolysis rates in oil-contaminated surface and deep water incubations

Enzymatic hydrolysis of six structurally-distinct polysaccharides were measured in two laboratory incubations with either surface or deep water microbial communities from the Gulf of Mexico (GC600). The treatments included unamended surface or deep-waters, and water amended with water accommodated fraction of oil (WAF), oil dispersant Corexit 9500, and chemically-enhanced WAF with Corexit (CEWAF). Polysaccharides used as substrates for hydrolysis experiments were arabinogalactan, chondroitin, fucoidan, laminarin, pullulan, and xylan. The dataset includes hydrolysis rates of each substrate measured in timecourse incubations. This dataset is a subset of R1.x132.135:0012.