A study concerning diesel biodegradation in liquid medium, by bioaugmentation, using a pseudomonas sp. strain

Dana-Camelia Cocut, Corneliu Cojocaru, Mariana Diaconu, Matei Macoveanu

Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iasi, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Protection, Department of Environmental Engineering and Management, 71 Mangeron Blvd., 700050 Iasi, Romania

Abstract


The paper presents the capacity of biodegradation of selected microorganism, cultivated on liquid culture media to which diesel was added in different amounts, to determine petroleum products and process efficiency. The optimum necessary conditions for development of microbial strains (pH, temperature, the quantities petroleum product / inoculum) have been established with the help of an experimental optimization program, SIMPLEX.

Keywords


bioremediation; bioaugmentation; inoculum

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