AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The oil acts as a huge source of food and could produce bacteria “blooms, ” or massive population explosions. As the blooms die and decay, they remove oxygen from the Gulf water, jeopardizing the health of fish and other aquatic animals.

Detailed explanation-2: -The term is usually applied to marine oil spills, where oil is released into the ocean or coastal waters. Pseudomonas putida also called as oil guzzlers is a gram negative, rod shaped, saprophytic bacterium which was patented by Ananda Mohan Chakrabarty, for the ability of the bacterium to biodegrade oil.

Detailed explanation-3: -Bacteria can break down oil to carbon dioxide and water. However, no single organism can break down all the components of crude oil or refined fuels spilled into the environment. The tens of thousands of different compounds that make up oil can only be biodegraded by communities of microorganisms acting in concert.