polyethylene is a synthetic polymer which is used in our daily life for different purposes. increased use of polyethylene causes severe environmental problems. there are different methods to decrease problem caused by polyethylene for example source reduction, incineration and land filling and all of them have their own drawbacks. so, the best way to reduce the problem caused by polyethylene is...

Abstract The aim of the study was to determine efficacy bioaugmentation in pyrene-contaminated soil based on microbial counts, colony development index (CD), ecophysiological diversity (EP), enzyme activity, and an assay residual pyrene levels soil. samples were contaminated with doses 100 1000 mg kg −1 DM Two bacterial consortia used study: P1 ( Bacillus frigoritolerans Z2B-19, simplex 2–134, ...

In an effort at developing an active indigenous bacterial consortium that could be of relevance in bioremediation of petroleum contaminated systems in Nigeria, four hydrocarbon degrading bacteria strains were isolated. Partial sequencing of the 16S rDNA of the isolates suggests that they are all strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Axenic cultures of the isolates biodegraded Bonny light crude oil...

methyl tert-butyl ether (mtbe), a gasoline octane enhancer, was introduced as a substitute for lead tetraethyl over 30 years ago. widespread use of mtbe in gasoline, has introduced mtbe into the environment compartments, mostly into the under ground and surface water and water as a second most frequently detected contaminant. in this study, we have isolated pure cultures from bacterial consorti...