Characteristics of crude oil-degrading bacteria Gordonia iterans isolated from marine coastal in Taean sediment.

ABSTRACT: Crude oil is a major pollutant of marine and coastal ecosystems, and it causes environmental problems more seriously. It is believed ultimate and complete degradation is accomplished mainly by microorganisms. In this study, we aim to search out for bacterial strains with high ability in degrading crude oil. From sediments contaminated by the petroleum spilled in 2007, an accident in Taean, South Korea, we isolated thirty-one bacterial strains in total with potential application in crude oil contamination remediation. In terms of removal percentage after 7 days, one of the strains, Co17, showed the highest removal efficiency with 84.2% of crude oil in Bushnell-Haas media. The Co17 strain even exhibited outstanding ability removing crude oil at a high salt concentration. Through the whole ge

SUBMITTER: Kim HS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6562140 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature