Abstract
About 106 of total bacteria (direct microscopic count) or heterotrophic bacteria (colony count with Medium 2216E) and about 104 of petroleumlytic bacteria (oil-oxidizing bacteria) were enumerated per square centimeter of the surface of petroleum globules suspended in the topmost 10 meters of water from a station (22°00.2'N, 125°51.9'E) in the western North Pacific central water, where about 107 of total bacteria, about 103 of heterotrophic bacteria and about 10 of petroleumlytic bacteria were enumerated per liter of seawater.
