Bioremediation of Crude Oil Using Bacterium from the Coastal Sediments of Kish Island, Iran.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Much of the environment is affected by petroleum contamination. It imposes serious health problems for humans as well as serious environmental impact. Bioremediation is an important consideration for removing environmental pollutants because, compared with other technologies, it incurrs lower costs and is environmentally compatible.

Methods

Crude oil degrading bacteria were isolated using serial dilutions of a bacterial consortium. The Taguchi experimental design L16 (4(5)) was used to optimize the biodegradation process of crude oil by the isolated strain. This investigation applied the parameters of temperature, salinity, pH, NH4Cl and FeSO4.7H2O. Modeling the kinetics of crude oil biodegradation included five batch cultivation experiments (2.5 ml/L to 40 ml/L)

SUBMITTER: Sadeghi Haddad Zavareh M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4935711 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature