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dc.contributor.authorRaghukumar, C.
dc.contributor.authorVipparty, V.
dc.contributor.authorDavid, J.J.
dc.contributor.authorChandramohan, D.
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-07T09:35:05Z
dc.date.available2009-01-07T09:35:05Z
dc.date.issued2001
dc.identifier.citationApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Vol.57; 433-436p.
dc.identifier.urihttp://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/1515
dc.description.abstractThe marine cyanobacteria Oscillatoria salina Biswas, Plectonema terebrans Bornet et Flanhault and Aphanocapsa sp. degraded Bombay High crude oil when grown in artificial seawater nutrients as well as in plain natural seawater. Oil removals was measured by gravimetric and gas chromatographic methods. Around 45-55% of the total fractions of crude oil (containing 50% aliphatics, 31% waxes and bitumin, 14% aromatics and 5% polar compounds) were removed in the presence of these cultures within 10 days. Between 50% and 65% of pure hexadecane (model aliphatic compound) and 20% and 90% of aromatic compounds (anthracene and phenantherene) disappeared within 10 days. Mixed cultures of the three cyanobacterial species removed over 40% of the crude. Additionally, these cultures formed excellent cyanobacterial mats when grown in mixed cultures, and thus have the potential for use in mitigating oil pollution on seashores, either individually or in combination
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.rightsCopyright [2001]. All efforts have been made to respect the copyright to the best of our knowledge. Inadvertent omissions, if brought to our notice, stand for correction and withdrawal of document from this repository.
dc.subjectcrude oil
dc.subjectbiodegradation
dc.subjectmicrobiological culture
dc.subjectoil pollution
dc.subjectpollution control
dc.subjectgas chromatography
dc.subjectgravimetric techniques
dc.subjectOscillatoria salina
dc.subjectPlectonema terebrans
dc.subjectAphanocapsa
dc.titleDegradation of crude oil by marine cyanobacteria
dc.typeJournal Article


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