Biodegradation of Used Motor Oil in Soil Using Organic Waste Amendments

Biodegradation of Used Motor Oil in Soil Using Organic Waste Amendments

Soil and surface water contamination by used lubricating oil is a common occurrence in most developing countries. This has been shown to have harmful effects on the environment and human beings at large. Bioremediation can be an alternative green technology for remediation of such hydrocarbon-contaminated soil. Bioremediation of soil contaminated with 5% and 15% (w/w) used lubricating oil and a...

The Waste Oil Resulting from Crude Oil Microbial Biodegradation in Soil

Biodegradation of PP films modified with organic pro-degradant: natural ageing and biodegradation in soil in respirometric test

In this study, PP films were modified with an organic pro-degradant in different concentrations (1, 2 and 3 wt.%), exposed in the first step of degradation to natural ageing for 100 days followed by biodegradation in simulated soil in the respirometric test for 100 days. At the end of the combined degradation process the PP samples were characterized according to their morphological and physica...

Biodegradation of used engine oil in a wastewater sludge-amended agricultural soil

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biodegradation of used engine oil using mixed and isolated cultures

it is known that native oil-degrading microorganisms are ubiquitous. they can be isolated from contaminated soils. in this study, biodegradation experiments were carried out to evaluate the efficiency of pollutant removal by adding the selected microorganisms. five mixed cultures and 3 single bacteria strains, pseudomonas sp., arthrobacter sp. and mycobacterium sp. were isolated from hydrocarbo...