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Assessment of diesel degrading potential of fungal and bacterial isolates from Egypt

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Two naturally occurring fungal and bacterial species, Aspergillus flavus and Bacillus sp. H6 strains, were capable of utilizing diesel oil as a sole source of carbon in synthetic microcosoms. The initial diesel oil contamination of 1666 mg kg-1 dry soil was reduced to 166.667 mg kg-1 after 150 days of incubation in fungal-bacterial consortium microcosm. That is mean 89.9%, of the initial oil concentration was removed. Abiotic process reduced the diesel oil contamination to about 616 mg kg-1dry soil at the end of the experiment. Seven microcosms were set up to fulfill the experiments. The decontamination activity follow this order; Bacillus sp. H6 + A. flavus consortium > Bacillus sp. H6 > natural control > A. flavus > cycloheximide treated > benzyl Penicillin-Streptomycin treated > poisoned control. Gas chromatographic analysis data revealed that both A. flavus and Bacillus sp. H6 treatment led to complete utilization of carbon-17 compounds. Other biodegradation products such as C-15, 16, 20, 21, and 24 appears in the chromatogram after 150 days incubation. Increase of C-20, 21 and C-24 compounds also noticed. The fungal- and bacterium consortium treatment depicted a decrease of all detected n-alkanes. The microbial success in biodegradation was evaluated by determining the number of germinating seeds of Phaseolus vulgaris. The highest level of germination (92 %) was detected in consortium microcosms after 150 days incubation. The treatment with A. flavus and Bacillus sp. H6 separately led to a lower percentage of germination (86%). The other treatments showed variable results except the poisoned control that showed negative germination and minor chemical degradation of diesel oil. Thus, bacterial-fungal consortium treatment is effective in bioremediation of contaminated oils than separate treatment.

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10.21608/mb.2018.26272

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Diesel, biodegradation, Aspergillus flavus, Bacillus sp. H6

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3

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2

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4734

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2018-12-01

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2016-10-10

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2018-12-29

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12

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2357-0326

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2357-0334

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Microbial Biosystems

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Assessment of diesel degrading potential of fungal and bacterial isolates from Egypt

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22 Jan 2023