ISSN: 0973-7510
E-ISSN: 2581-690X
For the present study the suitable vegetable oil contaminated samples were collected from Kolhapur and Karad cities, in India. Four quadrant streak plate technique was used for the isolation and characterization of efficient vegetable oil degrading strains that had ability to grow on 1% vegetable oil concentration on Bushnell and Hass agar plates. These isolated strains namely KopY1 and KRDY1 were identified by morphological and biological tests and were found to belong to Genus: Saccharomyces. They were also able to grow on media containing up to 8% vegetable oil concentration.
Oil contaminated samples, Vegetable oil, Yeasts
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