High-temperature hydrocarbon degradation by Bacillus stearothermophilus from oil-polluted Kuwaiti desert |
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| Authors: | N A Sorkhoh A S Ibrahim M A Ghannoum S S Radwan |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Botany and Microbiology, University of Kuwait, P.O. Box 5969, 13060 Safat, Kuwait;(2) Division of Infectious Diseases, UCLA Harbour, 1000, West Carson Street, 90509 Torrance, CA, USA |
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| Abstract: | Kuwaiti desert samples contaminated with crude oil contained Bacillus stearothermophilus strains capable of growth on crude oil as a sole source of carbon and energy, obligately at high temperature. No thermophilic oil utilizers were present in water samples collected from the Arabian Gulf. Most of the desert strains had an optimum temperature of 60°C and grew best on pentadecane (C15), hexadecane (C16) and heptadecane (C17). n-Alkanes with shorter and longer chains, n-alkenes, and aromatic hydrocarbons were less readily utilized.
Correspondence to: N. A. Sorkhoh |
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