Crude Oil Biodegradation by a Soil Indigenous Bacillus sp. Isolated from Lavan Island |
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| Authors: | Masumeh Shahidi Rizi Abbas Akhavan Sepahi Mitra Sadat Tabatabaee |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Basic Science, Science and Research Branch , Islamic Azad University , Tehran , Iran;2. Department of Microbiology, North Tehran Branch , Islamic Azad University , Tehran , Iran;3. Department of Biology, Central Tehran Branch , Islamic Azad University , Tehran , Iran |
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| Abstract: | The application of microorganisms for removing crude oil pollution from contaminated sites as a type of bioremediation has long been a matter of study in scientific communities. In this study, 35 morphologically different spore-forming Bacilli were isolated from an oil-contaminated soil in Lavan Island. The objective of this study was to investigate the oil-biodegrading ability of these indigenous bacilli. Therefore, their biosurfactant production, using Du Neuy ring, and the crude oil aliphatic and aromatic content alteration after bacterial treatment, respectively, using gas chromatography and high-performance liquid chromatography, were studied. An isolate with high endurance of a wide range of temperature and pH and optimized growth at 30°C and pH 6.8 that could reduce the surface tension from 60 to 40 mN/m and cause the most alteration in aliphatic and aromatic content of crude oil was selected. Using biochemical and molecular analyses of 16SrRNA, this suitable bacterium for oil biodegradation was characterized as Bacillus cereus sp. 4. |
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| Keywords: | Bacillus biodegradation crude oil emulsification surface tension |
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