ISSN 2319-5347, ISI Impact Factor: 0.763

VOLUME 02  NO. 04 OCTOBER 2014:

Title:            Bioremediation of sea water contaminated with crude oil by fungi
Authors:      Sogra Fathima B., Soubhik K. Bardhan, Raj Mohan B.
Abstract:  Three fungal species isolated from sea water were screened for crude oil biodegradation activity for a period of 25 days. Among the tested species, Aspergillus sp. showed the higher capacity to degrade crude oil compared to Fusarium sp. and Penicilium sp. The Total Hydrocarbon concentration, Biological Oxygen demand and pH of the samples were monitored at an interval of 5 days. Aspergillus sp. had the potential of degrading 83.12% of the hydrocarbons present in the polluted water whereas Penicilium sp. and Fusarium sp. exhibited about 75.43% and 69.89% hydrocarbon degradation ability respectively. A uniform decline in BOD for the samples ranging from 41.64 % to 49.99 % at the end of 25 days was detected. It was also found that the pH of the samples decreased slightly as days progressed. This can be attributed to the degradation of the available hydrocarbons to numerous acids.

Keywords:  Aspergillus sp., Biodegradation, Fusarium sp., Hydrocarbon, Marine fungi, Penicilium sp.
Pages:       301-303

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