Bioremediation of Alkane Hydrocarbons Using Bacterial Consortium From Soil
| Author | Majid Nozari | en |
| Author | Mohammad Reza Samaei | en |
| Author | Mansooreh Dehghani | en |
| Author | Ali Asghar Ebrahimi | en |
| Orcid | Mohammad Reza Samaei [0000-0003-3499-2899] | en |
| Issued Date | 2018-08-31 | en |
| Abstract | Background: Contamination of soil with organic pollutants is one of the most important environmental challenges. Bioremediation is a simple and economical method for treatment of hydrocarbon-contaminated soil. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the simultaneous bioremediation of n-hexadecane and n-dodecane from soil in an S-SBR using two types of bacterial consortium isolated from oil contaminated soils and compost. Methods: In this study, S-SBR reactor was used at a pilot scale. For polluting the soil, agricultural soil was used. The n-hexadecane and n-dodecane were analyzed with GC-FID. Two microbial consortiums type A (Acinetobacter radioresistence, Bacillus subtilis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa) and type B (Ochrobactrum oryzae, Bacillus sp. and Sphingomonas yanoikuyae) were used. Type A and B were isolated from soil and compost, respectively. Results: Maximum simultaneous bioremediation of n-hexadecane (17.61%) and n-dodecane (28.55%) was done by consortium type A. The maximum simultaneous bioremediation of n-hexadecane and n-dodecane by consortium type B was 13.22% and 19.24%, respectively. Conclusions: The findings of this study showed the simultaneous bioremediation of n-hexadecane and n-dodecane in an S-SBR using two types of the bacterial consortium (type A and B) during a three-day period was relatively satisfactory. Hydrocarbon removal by bacteria isolated from polluted soils was more than bacteria that had been isolated from compost. | en |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.5812/jhealthscope.12524 | en |
| Keyword | Petroleum Pollution | en |
| Keyword | Soil Pollutants | en |
| Keyword | Microbial Consortia | en |
| Keyword | Hydrocarbons | en |
| Publisher | Brieflands | en |
| Title | Bioremediation of Alkane Hydrocarbons Using Bacterial Consortium From Soil | en |
| Type | Research Article | en |