TY - JOUR AU - Mittal, A. AU - Singh, P. PY - 2009/12/29 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - A Feasibility Study for Assessment of In-situ Bioremediation Potential of a Crude Oil Degrading Pseudomonas Consortium JF - Journal of Scientific Research JA - J. Sci. Res. VL - 2 IS - 1 SE - Section B: Chemical and Biological Sciences DO - 10.3329/jsr.v2i1.2601 UR - https://banglajol.info/index.php/JSR/article/view/2601 SP - 127-137 AB - <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 15.85pt 0pt 14.4pt; text-align: justify; tab-stops: 347.3pt; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; layout-grid-mode: line;" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">A microcosm study evaluating inoculums addition of mixed bacterial consortium to stimulate in-situ bioremediation of crude oil contaminated soil <span style="color: #000000;">was conducted.</span> In feasibility study, out of five treatments the application of bacterial consortium, nutrients an<span style="color: #000000;">d environmental factors resulted in 79.16% removal of TPH in 60 days, compared to 30.24% removal of TPH carried </span>out by indigenous microflora. Gas chromatograms of original spilled oil and bioremediated oil by the addition of developed consortium shows that Pr/Ph ratio decreased progressively from 2.358 to 1.626. The results showed that the ratio of di/tri aromatics decreased from initial 0.63 to 0.25 with progressive treatment of nutrient addition<span style="color: #ff0000;">,</span><span style="color: #0000ff;"> </span>as nutrient + tilling, nutrient + tilling + microbial seeding. Similar effect was observed in di/di + tri aromatics ratios which also decreased 0.31 to 0.20 by bioaugmentation only. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 15.6pt 0pt 14.2pt; text-align: justify; tab-stops: 347.3pt; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-size: 4pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt;" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">&nbsp;</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 15.6pt 0pt 14.2pt; text-align: justify; tab-stops: 347.3pt; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; layout-grid-mode: line;" lang="EN-US">Keywords</span></em><span style="font-size: 9pt; layout-grid-mode: line;" lang="EN-US">: Hydrocarbons; <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Pseudomonas</em>; Biodegradation; Gas Chromatogram.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-size: 6pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-SG; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">&nbsp;</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-size: 8pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-SG; mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">&copy; 2010 JSR Publications. ISSN: 2070-0237 (Print); 2070-0245 (Online). All rights reserved.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt; tab-stops: 14.2pt 6.0cm 177.2pt 184.3pt;"><span style="font-size: 4pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-SG; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">&nbsp;</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt; tab-stops: 14.2pt 6.0cm 177.2pt 184.3pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: 8pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-SG; mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">DOI: 10.3329/jsr.v2i1.2601<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><span style="font-size: 8pt;" lang="EN-US">J. Sci. Res. <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">2</strong> (1), 127-137 (2010)</span></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p> ER -