Molecular Identification and Characterization of the Biosurfactant Produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa-PSPA15 from the Oil Contaminated Soil

Oil contamination in the soil has been a major threat to the environment because of the poor solubility. Crude oil can be accidentally or deliberately released into the environment leads to serious pollution problems (Trindale et al., 2005). Bioremediation is a waste management technique that involves the use of the organisms to remove or neutralize pollutants from a contaminated site. An alternative and an eco friendly method of remediation technology of environments contaminated with these pollutants is useful to the biosurfactant and biosurfactant-producing microorganisms. Microbial compounds which exhibit particularly high surface activity and emulsifying activity are classified as biosurfactants. These are structurally diverse compounds, mainly produced by hydrocarbon util10ising microorganisms reduce surface and interfacial tensions in both aqueous solutions and hydrocarbon mixtures, which makes them potential International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 5 Number 8 (2016) pp. 708-720 Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com