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Biodegradation of Petroleum Hydrocarbon and Related Molecular Microbiology Analysis of Some Fungal Species

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Last updated: 23 Dec 2024

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Agricultural Biotechnology

Abstract

Petroleum hydrocarbon contamination is one of the main environmental challenges. Bioremediation using fungi (Mycoremediation) is the best method to overcome this problem. Consequently, the current study aimed to investigate the tolerance of four fungal isolates to petroleum hydrocarbon and estimate the level of production of cellulase and Mn peroxidase enzymes involved in petroleum oil biodegradation. The fungal isolates were identified as Fusarium solani, Trichoderma harzianum, Aspergillus terreus, and Aspergillus flavus by rDNA sequencing of ITS1 -5.8 S rRNA-ITS2 region. A hydrocarbon tolerance test was conducted using solid minimal media (MM) containing different concentrations of diesel oil, fungal growth rate and dose inhibition response percentage (DIRP) values were recorded. Treated and non-treated Bushnell Haas (BH) broth media were used to test the ability of fungi to secret the target enzymes. The results showed that T. harzianum had the highest tolerance towards diesel oil followed by A. flavus. Diesel oil induced gene-overexpression for cellulase and Mn peroxidase enzymes. A. flavus was the highest producer of cellulase and Mn peroxidase. Finally, all isolates, especially A. flavus and T. harzianum can adapt to high concentrations of petroleum hydrocarbon. Thus, they can be used successfully in bioremediation

DOI

10.21608/alexja.2024.304757.1081

Keywords

petroleum hydrocarbon, fungi, Tolerance capacity, enzyme activity, rDNA

Authors

First Name

Huda

Last Name

Shakam

MiddleName

Mohammmed

Affiliation

Genetics Department, Faculty of Agriculture (El-Shatby),University of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt.

Email

hoda.ibrahim@alexu.edu.eg

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Alexandria

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First Name

Mahmoud

Last Name

Gaber

MiddleName

A

Affiliation

Plant Pathology Department, Faculty of Agriculture (El-Shatby), University of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt.

Email

mahmoudgaber@alexu.edu.eg

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Volume

69

Article Issue

3

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50254

Issue Date

2024-09-01

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2024-07-16

Publish Date

2024-09-07

Page Start

316

Page End

327

Online ISSN

2535-1931

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https://alexja.journals.ekb.eg/article_369057.html

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514

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Alexandria Journal of Agricultural Sciences

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https://alexja.journals.ekb.eg/

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Biodegradation of Petroleum Hydrocarbon and Related Molecular Microbiology Analysis of Some Fungal Species

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23 Dec 2024