Abstract
Two indigenous bacteria of petroleum contaminated soil were characterized to utilize diesel fuel as the sole carbon and energy sources in this work. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis identified these bacteria as Sphingomonas sp. and Acinetobacter junii. The ability to degrade diesel fuel has been demonstrated for the first time by these isolates. The results of IR analyses showed that Sphingomonas sp. VA1 and A. junii VA2 degraded up to 82.6% and 75.8% of applied diesel over 15 days, respectively. In addition, Sphingomonas sp. VA1 possessed the higher cellular hydrophobicities of 94% for diesel compared to 81% by A. junii VA2. The isolates Sphingomonas sp. VA1 and A. junii VA2 exhibited 24% and 18%, respectively emulsification activity. This study reports two new diesel degrading bacterial species, which can be effectively used for bioremediation of petroleum contaminated sites.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 58-63 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Frontiers of Earth Science |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 2014 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- 16S rRNA
- bioremediation
- cell surface hydrophobicity
- diesel degrading bacteria
- emulsification