Bioremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by bacterial strains isolated from petroleum contaminated soil

Spillage or dumping of petroleum and its product onto the land are among the main sources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons existence in the soil. These hydrocarbons could act as sole carbon and energy sources for certain indigenous bacteria. Ability of bacteria to consume such substrate could h...

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Main Authors: Mustaffa, Nooraidah, Jamal, Parveen, Saheed, Olorunnisola Kola, Kabashi, Nassereldeen A., Ali, Fathilah, Othman, Rashidi, Redzwan, Ghufran
Format: Proceeding Paper
Language:English
Published: Kulliyah of Engineering, International Islamic University Malaysia 2016
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author Mustaffa, Nooraidah
Jamal, Parveen
Saheed, Olorunnisola Kola
Kabashi, Nassereldeen A.
Ali, Fathilah
Othman, Rashidi
Redzwan, Ghufran
author_facet Mustaffa, Nooraidah
Jamal, Parveen
Saheed, Olorunnisola Kola
Kabashi, Nassereldeen A.
Ali, Fathilah
Othman, Rashidi
Redzwan, Ghufran
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description Spillage or dumping of petroleum and its product onto the land are among the main sources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons existence in the soil. These hydrocarbons could act as sole carbon and energy sources for certain indigenous bacteria. Ability of bacteria to consume such substrate could help reducing the amount of highly toxic contaminant including petroleum hydrocarbon. This study is aimed to acquire effective bacteria which could consume and transform polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) to be used for the treatment of PAH contaminated soil. In this study, twelve strains of bacteria were successfully isolated from the petroleum contaminated soil. Soil samples were collected from three different sites, which are automobile workshop (SU), petrol station PJ and busy roadside (WS). All the twelve isolated bacteria and a commercially available bacteria, Pseudomonas Putida (PP) were then tested on their ability to degrade PAH by using phenanthrene (a three ring polycyclic PAH) which selected to be the model polycyclic PAH. The ability of bacteria in degrading phenanthrene was elucidated qualitatively with profound metabolism of the soil contaminants. Early stage of this study, found that all isolates and the commercial bacteria were able to grow on the agar plate sprayed with phenanthrene. The growth indicated that the bacteria are able to mineralize phenanthrene. Bacteria strain SU4 and Pseudomonas Putida showed the greatest growth to signify as the highest metabolic versatility as compared to other strains bacteria. Identification of the taxonomy of such effective bacteria will further assist in understanding its role, function and mechanism of the microbial bioremediation of PAH contaminated soil. This knowledge shall lead to another promising method for removal of PAH from the soil, especially when contaminated land is to be redeveloped for human purposes.
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spelling iium-517542016-08-23T06:34:10Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/51754/ Bioremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by bacterial strains isolated from petroleum contaminated soil Mustaffa, Nooraidah Jamal, Parveen Saheed, Olorunnisola Kola Kabashi, Nassereldeen A. Ali, Fathilah Othman, Rashidi Redzwan, Ghufran TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering TD172 Environmental pollution Spillage or dumping of petroleum and its product onto the land are among the main sources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons existence in the soil. These hydrocarbons could act as sole carbon and energy sources for certain indigenous bacteria. Ability of bacteria to consume such substrate could help reducing the amount of highly toxic contaminant including petroleum hydrocarbon. This study is aimed to acquire effective bacteria which could consume and transform polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) to be used for the treatment of PAH contaminated soil. In this study, twelve strains of bacteria were successfully isolated from the petroleum contaminated soil. Soil samples were collected from three different sites, which are automobile workshop (SU), petrol station PJ and busy roadside (WS). All the twelve isolated bacteria and a commercially available bacteria, Pseudomonas Putida (PP) were then tested on their ability to degrade PAH by using phenanthrene (a three ring polycyclic PAH) which selected to be the model polycyclic PAH. The ability of bacteria in degrading phenanthrene was elucidated qualitatively with profound metabolism of the soil contaminants. Early stage of this study, found that all isolates and the commercial bacteria were able to grow on the agar plate sprayed with phenanthrene. The growth indicated that the bacteria are able to mineralize phenanthrene. Bacteria strain SU4 and Pseudomonas Putida showed the greatest growth to signify as the highest metabolic versatility as compared to other strains bacteria. Identification of the taxonomy of such effective bacteria will further assist in understanding its role, function and mechanism of the microbial bioremediation of PAH contaminated soil. This knowledge shall lead to another promising method for removal of PAH from the soil, especially when contaminated land is to be redeveloped for human purposes. Kulliyah of Engineering, International Islamic University Malaysia 2016 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/51754/1/51754.pdf Mustaffa, Nooraidah and Jamal, Parveen and Saheed, Olorunnisola Kola and Kabashi, Nassereldeen A. and Ali, Fathilah and Othman, Rashidi and Redzwan, Ghufran (2016) Bioremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by bacterial strains isolated from petroleum contaminated soil. In: 4th International Conference on Biotechnology Engineering 2016 (ICBioE 2016), 25th-27th July 2016, Kuala Lumpur. http://www.iium.edu.my/icbioe/2016/
spellingShingle TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
TD172 Environmental pollution
Mustaffa, Nooraidah
Jamal, Parveen
Saheed, Olorunnisola Kola
Kabashi, Nassereldeen A.
Ali, Fathilah
Othman, Rashidi
Redzwan, Ghufran
Bioremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by bacterial strains isolated from petroleum contaminated soil
title Bioremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by bacterial strains isolated from petroleum contaminated soil
title_full Bioremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by bacterial strains isolated from petroleum contaminated soil
title_fullStr Bioremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by bacterial strains isolated from petroleum contaminated soil
title_full_unstemmed Bioremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by bacterial strains isolated from petroleum contaminated soil
title_short Bioremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by bacterial strains isolated from petroleum contaminated soil
title_sort bioremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by bacterial strains isolated from petroleum contaminated soil
topic TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
TD172 Environmental pollution
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