Isolation and screening of microorganisms from oil contaminated soil samples with biosurfactant producing ability was investigated. The biosurfactant producing ability of the microorganisms isolated from the soil samples was investigated by hemolytic assay, drop collapse test, emulsification index and methylene blue agar plate method. The best isolate was identified as Pseudomonas aeruginosa ba...

Oil contaminated soil, sea water and sediment samples were collected from old oil jetty of Paradip port, Orissa. These samples were screened for bacterial oil degradation using 0.5% diesel in Bushnell-Hass Mineral Salt medium. Samples were incubated separately in shaking orbital incubator at 37 0 C at 125rpm up to 15days. The level of petroleum hydrocarbon degradation was determined by gravimet...

The aim of this study was to isolate, characterize, and evaluate the potential of petroleum hydrocarbon (PHC)-degrading bacterial strains from oil-contaminated soil in the Meerut region. Among 59 oil-degrading bacterial cultures isolated from the oil-contaminated soil samples, 1 Bacillus species, 2 species of Pseudomonas, and 1 species of Micrococcus, identified on the basis of biochemical and ...

conclusions concerning the ability of salicorniaeuropea to survive in the contaminated areas, it might be suitable that endemic types of this plant would be cultivated in contaminated coast lines. results the highest uptake was at eight mg crude oil, per one g of soil and the least uptake was at 13.75 mg crude oil, per one g of soil. it seems that physical characteristics of crude oil are the m...

Controlled laboratory microcosms were used to research the phytoremediation potential of lupines (Lupinus chamissonis) for hydrocarbon-contaminated groundwater at a former oil field near Guadalupe, California. During oil production in the Guadalupe Oil Field, a kerosene-like hydrocarbon mixture was used as a diluent to improve the flow of the heavy crude oil. Leaking tanks and pipes resulted in...