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标题：DEGRADATION OF AROMATIC PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS (BTEX) BY A SOLVENT TOLERANT BACTERIAL CONSORTIUM
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作者：Payel Sarkar ; Andrew Roysten Rai ; Shilpi Ghosh 等
期刊名称：Journal of Urban and Environmental Engineering
印刷版ISSN：1982-3932
电子版ISSN：1982-3932
出版年度：2013
卷号：7
期号：2
页码：274-279
语种：English
出版社：Universidade Federal da Paraíba
其他摘要：Petroleum aromatic hydrocarbons like benzen e, toluene, ethyl benzene and xylene, together known as BTEX, has almost the same chemical structure. These aromatic hydrocarbons are released as pollutants in th e environment. This work was taken up to develop a solvent tolerant bacterial cons ortium that could degrade BTEX compounds as they all share a common chemical structure. We have isolated almost 60 different types of bacterial strains from different petroleum contaminated sites. Of these 60 bacterial strains almost 20 microorganisms were screene d on the basis of capability to tolerate high concentration of BTEX. Ten differe nt consortia were prepared and the compatibility of the bacterial strains within the consortia was checked by gram staining and BTEX tolerance level. Four successful mi crobial consortia were selected in which all the bacterial strains concomitantly grew in presence of high concentration of BTEX (10% of toluene, 10% of benzene 5% ethyl benzene and 1% xylene). Consortium #2 showed the highest growth rate in pr esence of BTEX. Degradation of BTEX by consortium #2 was monitored for 5 days by gradual decrease in the volume of the solvents. The maximum reduction observed wa s 85% in 5 days. Gas chromatography results also reveal that could completely degrade benzene and ethyl benzene within 48 hours. Almost 90% degradation of toluene and xylene in 48 hours was exhibited by consortium #2. It could also tolerate and degrade many industrial solvents such as chloroform, DMSO, acetonitrile having a wide range of log P values (0.03–3.1). Degradation of aromatic hydrocarbon like BTEX by a solvent tolerant bacterial consortium is greatly significant as it could degrade high concentration of pollutants compared to a bacterium and also reduces the time span of degradation.
关键词：BTEX degradation; solvent to lerant; microbial consortium
其他关键词：BTEX degradation; solvent to lerant; microbial consortium