Soil bacterial strains with heavy metal resistance and high potential in degrading diesel oil and <Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis>-alkanes |
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| Authors: | K Ramadass M Megharaj K Venkateswarlu R Naidu |
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| Institution: | 1.Centre for Environmental Risk Assessment and Remediation,University of South Australia,Mawson Lakes,Australia;2.Global Centre for Environmental Remediation and CRC CARE,University of Newcastle,Callaghan,Australia;3.Formerly Professor of Microbiology,Sri Krishnadevaraya University,Anantapur,India |
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| Abstract: | Four bacterial strains, capable of degrading diesel oil, n-alkanes or hexadecane, were isolated from soils contaminated with petroleum oil and identified. Strains of Pseudomonas sp., Pseudomonas putida TPHK-1 and Pseudomonas aeruginosa TPHK-4, were more efficient in degrading high concentrations of the hydrocarbons than the other two strains, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia TPHK-2 and Acenitobacter sp. TPHK-3. P. putida TPHK-1 exhibited tolerance to very high concentrations of heavy metals such as cadmium, lead, zinc and copper. The innate ability of P. putida TPHK-1, as evidenced by the amplified genes alkB1 and alkB2 that encode alkane hydroxylases, and cat12o and cat23o coding for catechol dioxygenase, in degrading diesel oil in the presence of heavy metals is far greater than that of the strains reported in the literature. Heavy metal tolerance coupled with rapid degradation of hydrocarbons, even at high concentrations, suggests that P. putida TPHK-1 has a great potential in remediating soils contaminated with mixtures of hydrocarbons and heavy metals. |
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