Biodegradation of Pyrene by Bacterial Strain Isolated from Petroleum Sludge Collected from Barauni Oil Refinery, Begusari, Bihar (India)

ISSN: 0973-7510

E-ISSN: 2581-690X

Ratan Singh¹ , Amar Jyoti Das², Sabita Pokhrel² and Preeti Gautam²

¹Department of Environment and Sustainable Development, Central University of Gujarat; Ghandhinagar, Gujarat – 382 030, India.

²Department of Environmental Microbiology, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Vidyavihar, Raebareli Road, Lucknow – 226 025, India.

J Pure Appl Microbiol. 2013;7(2):1441-1445

Received: 08/10/2012 | Accepted: 17/11/2012 | Published: 30/06/2013

Abstract

The purpose of present microcosmic study was to investigate the degradation of major PAHs of petroleum sludge i.e. Pyrene (4 aromatic rings) by petroleum hydrocarbon degrading bacteria isolated from petroleum sludge collected from Barauni Oil Refinery; Begusari, Bihar (India). Changes in pH, bacterial biomass and their protein amount were also observed during the degradation of selected Pyrene (100 ppm). The outcome of this microbiological work can be used for research on remediation of petroleum-contaminated environments.

Keywords

Biodegradation, Barauni, Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, Pyrene

Download PDF

Article Metrics

Article View: 957

JPAM.7.2.84 (248 downloads)

Share This Article

© The Author(s) 2014. Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License which permits unrestricted use, sharing, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.