Biotechnological potential of bacillus salmalaya 139si: A novel strain for remediating water polluted with crude oil waste

Ismail, S. and Dadrasnia, A. (2015) Biotechnological potential of bacillus salmalaya 139si: A novel strain for remediating water polluted with crude oil waste. PLoS ONE, 10 (4). e0120931. ISSN 1932-6203, DOI https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0120931.

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Abstract

Environmental contamination by petroleum hydrocarbons, mainly crude oil waste from refineries, is becoming prevalent worldwide. This study investigates the bioremediation of water contaminated with crude oil waste. Bacillus salamalaya 139SI, a bacterium isolated from a private farm soil in the Kuala Selangor in Malaysia, was found to be a potential degrader of crude oil waste. When a microbial population of 108 CFU ml-1 was used, the 139SI strain degraded 79% and 88% of the total petroleum hydrocarbons after 42 days of incubation in mineral salt media containing 2% and 1% of crude oil waste, respectively, under optimum conditions. In the uninoculated medium containing 1% crude oil waste, 6% was degraded. Relative to the control, the degradation was significantly greater when a bacteria count of 99 × 108 CFU ml-1 was added to the treatments polluted with 1% oil. Thus, this isolated strain is useful for enhancing the biotreatment of oil in wastewater.

Item Type: Article
Funders: UNSPECIFIED
Uncontrolled Keywords: Biotechnological Potential; Bacillus salmalaya 139SI; Novel Strain; Remediating Water Polluted; Crude Oil Waste
Subjects: Q Science > Q Science (General)
Q Science > QH Natural history
Divisions: Faculty of Science
Depositing User: Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim
Date Deposited: 04 Nov 2015 08:03
Last Modified: 30 Dec 2015 04:07
URI: http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/14506

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