ISOLATION, CHARACTERIZATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF DIESEL ENGINE OIL DEGRADING BACTERIA FROM GARAGE SOIL AND THEIR BIOREMEDIATION POTENTIAL

Authors

  • SHWETHA SREEKUMAR Department of Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering, Mohandas College of Engineering and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala P. O. Box – 695 581, India
  • LAKSHMI GIRIJA Department of Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering, Mohandas College of Engineering and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala P. O. Box – 695 581, India
  • ANSHA RAVEENDRAN Department of Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering, Mohandas College of Engineering and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala P. O. Box – 695 581, India
  • ROOPA PRASAD Department of Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering, Mohandas College of Engineering and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala P. O. Box – 695 581, India

Keywords:

Oil spills, Hydrocarbon degraders, Solvent extraction, Actinomycetes, Biodegradation.

Abstract

Diesel engine oil, which is one of the major products of crude oil, constitutes a major source of pollution to
our environment. Bioremediation of hydrocarbon-contaminated soils, which exploits the ability of
microorganisms to degrade and/or detoxify organic contamination, has been established as an efficient,
economic, versatile and environmentally sound treatment. In this paper we report the isolation and
screening of diesel oil degrading microorganisms from garage soil and the rates of biodegradation of
diesel engine oil by microorganisms were studied. One of the potent microorganisms was identified as
Gordonia terrae strain. The tolerance level of three microorganisms to diesel engine oil was also
determined using gravimetric method. Percentage degradation of diesel oil by three different
microorganisms and consortium was studied.

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30.09.2016

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SHWETHA SREEKUMAR, LAKSHMI GIRIJA, ANSHA RAVEENDRAN, & ROOPA PRASAD. (2016). ISOLATION, CHARACTERIZATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF DIESEL ENGINE OIL DEGRADING BACTERIA FROM GARAGE SOIL AND THEIR BIOREMEDIATION POTENTIAL. International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences, 7(3), 697–705. Retrieved from https://ijpbs.net/index.php/journal/article/view/5288

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Volume 7, Issue 3, 2016

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