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INTERNATIONAL BIODETERIORATION & BIODEGRADATION
卷 63, 期 3, 页码 273-279出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibiod.2008.10.004
关键词
Bacterial cell-surface hydrophobicity; Hydrocarbon-degradation
资金
- Research Administration of Kuwait University [SL 04/01]
Forty six bacterial isolates able to grow on crude oil were isolated from various hydrocarbon-contaminated sites in Kuwait. The extent of crude oil degradation varied over a wide range (1-87%) among the isolates. isolates were predominantly Gram-positive bacteria (79% of total isolates) belonging to the genera Bacillus (93%) and Paenibacillus (7%). Among the few Gram-negative isolates were from the genera Acinetobacter, Alcaligenes, Klebsiella, Burkholderia, Pseudomonas, and Williamsia. Analyses of their cell-surface hydrophobicity (CSH) by various methods equally showed a wide variation among the isolates. About 74% of isolates that degraded significant amounts of crude oil (>40% degradation) possessed high level of CSH, while 58% of all the isolates exhibited high levels of CSH. Statistical analyses showed significantly high correlation between the ability to degrade crude oil and CSH. The ability of the isolates to bind to polystyrene and salt-aggregation test as measures of CSH were more strongly correlated with hydrocarbon-degrading ability than adherence to hydrocarbons. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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