Isolation and optimization of diesel-oil biodegradation using Cellulosimicrobium cellulans from tarball

Oil spill introduces hydrocarbons into the marine environment and forms oil slicks, which aggregate with other debris to form tarballs. Tarballs are composed of toxic hydrocarbons, which persist in the environment, causing economic and ecological damages. This work studied the isolation and optimiza...

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Main Authors: Nkem, Bruno Martins, Halimoon, Normala, Md Yusoff, Fatimah, Wan Johari, Wan Lutfi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2019
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/70596/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/70596/1/02%20JST%28S%29-0482-2019.pdf
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author Nkem, Bruno Martins
Halimoon, Normala
Md Yusoff, Fatimah
Wan Johari, Wan Lutfi
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Halimoon, Normala
Md Yusoff, Fatimah
Wan Johari, Wan Lutfi
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description Oil spill introduces hydrocarbons into the marine environment and forms oil slicks, which aggregate with other debris to form tarballs. Tarballs are composed of toxic hydrocarbons, which persist in the environment, causing economic and ecological damages. This work studied the isolation and optimization of diesel-oil biodegradation by an indigenous bacterium, identified by 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, in tarball. An experimental methodology using a Taguchi orthogonal array was applied to optimize the effects of diesel concentration, salinity, nitrate concentration, pH, temperature, agitation speed and time. An isolated bacterium identified as Cellulosimicrobium cellulans removed 88.4% of diesel oil under optimized conditions, where initial diesel-oil concentration was 5% (v/v), NaCl concentration was 20 gL-1 and NH4NO3 concentration was 2 gL-1 in Minimal Salt Media at pH 7, 40°C and 100 revolutions per minute for 5 days. Tarballs harbor hydrocarbon-degrading C. cellulans that can be used under optimized conditions to design an effective oil spill bioremediation technique for mitigating oil pollution.
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spelling upm-705962019-08-20T00:48:58Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/70596/ Isolation and optimization of diesel-oil biodegradation using Cellulosimicrobium cellulans from tarball Nkem, Bruno Martins Halimoon, Normala Md Yusoff, Fatimah Wan Johari, Wan Lutfi Oil spill introduces hydrocarbons into the marine environment and forms oil slicks, which aggregate with other debris to form tarballs. Tarballs are composed of toxic hydrocarbons, which persist in the environment, causing economic and ecological damages. This work studied the isolation and optimization of diesel-oil biodegradation by an indigenous bacterium, identified by 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, in tarball. An experimental methodology using a Taguchi orthogonal array was applied to optimize the effects of diesel concentration, salinity, nitrate concentration, pH, temperature, agitation speed and time. An isolated bacterium identified as Cellulosimicrobium cellulans removed 88.4% of diesel oil under optimized conditions, where initial diesel-oil concentration was 5% (v/v), NaCl concentration was 20 gL-1 and NH4NO3 concentration was 2 gL-1 in Minimal Salt Media at pH 7, 40°C and 100 revolutions per minute for 5 days. Tarballs harbor hydrocarbon-degrading C. cellulans that can be used under optimized conditions to design an effective oil spill bioremediation technique for mitigating oil pollution. Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2019 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/70596/1/02%20JST%28S%29-0482-2019.pdf Nkem, Bruno Martins and Halimoon, Normala and Md Yusoff, Fatimah and Wan Johari, Wan Lutfi (2019) Isolation and optimization of diesel-oil biodegradation using Cellulosimicrobium cellulans from tarball. Pertanika Journal of Science & Technology, 27 (3). pp. 1031-1040. ISSN 0128-7680; ESSN: 2231-8526 http://www.pertanika.upm.edu.my/Pertanika%20PAPERS/JST%20Vol.%2027%20(3)%20Jul.%202019/02%20JST(S)-0482-2019.pdf
spellingShingle Nkem, Bruno Martins
Halimoon, Normala
Md Yusoff, Fatimah
Wan Johari, Wan Lutfi
Isolation and optimization of diesel-oil biodegradation using Cellulosimicrobium cellulans from tarball
title Isolation and optimization of diesel-oil biodegradation using Cellulosimicrobium cellulans from tarball
title_full Isolation and optimization of diesel-oil biodegradation using Cellulosimicrobium cellulans from tarball
title_fullStr Isolation and optimization of diesel-oil biodegradation using Cellulosimicrobium cellulans from tarball
title_full_unstemmed Isolation and optimization of diesel-oil biodegradation using Cellulosimicrobium cellulans from tarball
title_short Isolation and optimization of diesel-oil biodegradation using Cellulosimicrobium cellulans from tarball
title_sort isolation and optimization of diesel-oil biodegradation using cellulosimicrobium cellulans from tarball
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/70596/
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/70596/1/02%20JST%28S%29-0482-2019.pdf