Microorganisms,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
11(5), P. 1351 - 1351
Published: May 22, 2023
The
main
purpose
of
this
study
was
to
degrade
total
petroleum
hydrocarbons
(TPHs)
from
contaminated
soil
in
batch
microcosm
reactors.
Native
fungi
isolated
the
same
petroleum-polluted
and
ligninolytic
fungal
strains
were
screened
applied
treatment
soil-contaminated
microcosms
aerobic
conditions.
bioaugmentation
processes
carried
out
using
selected
hydrocarbonoclastic
mono
or
co-cultures.
Results
demonstrated
petroleum-degrading
potential
six
isolates,
namely
KBR1
KBR8
(indigenous)
KBR1-1,
KB4,
KB2
LB3
(exogenous).
Based
on
molecular
phylogenetic
analysis,
KB8
identified
as
Aspergillus
niger
[MW699896]
tubingensis
[MW699895],
while
affiliated
with
genera
Syncephalastrum
sp.
[MZ817958],
Paecilomyces
formosus
[MW699897],
Fusarium
chlamydosporum
[MZ817957]
Coniochaeta
[MW699893],
respectively.
highest
rate
TPH
degradation
recorded
treatments
(SMT)
after
60
days
by
inoculation
97
±
2.54%,
followed
native
strain
(92
1.83%)
then
consortium
(84
2.21%).
statistical
analysis
results
showed
significant
differences.
