Journal
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 191, Issue -, Pages 133-139Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.04.126
Keywords
Biosurfactants; Bioremediation; Hydrocarbon degradation; Pseudozyma; Pseudomonas putida
Funding
- University Grants Commission, Government of India
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The aim of this work was to evaluate the biosurfactants produced by the yeast Pseudozyma sp. NII 08165 for enhancing the degradation of crude oil by a model hydrocarbon degrading strain, Pseudomonas putida MTCC 1194. Pseudozyma biosurfactants were supplemented at various concentrations to the P. putida culture medium containing crude oil as sole carbon source. Supplementation of the biosurfactants enhanced the degradation of crude oil by P. putida; the maximum degradation of hydrocarbons was observed with a 2.5 mg L-1 supplementation of biosurfactants. Growth inhibition constant of the Pseudozyma biosurfactants was 11.07 mg L-1. It was interesting to note that Pseudozyma sp. NII 08165 alone could also degrade diesel and kerosene. Culture broth of Pseudozyma containing biosurfactants resulted up to similar to 46% improvement in degradation of C10-C24 alkanes by P. putida. The enhancement in degradation efficiency of the bacterium with the culture broth supplementation was even more pronounced than that with relatively purer biosurfactants. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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