Studies on Diversity of Actinomycetes in Oil Contaminated Soil

J. Myla¹, R. chandrasekaran² and R. Saravana muthu³

¹Department of Microbiology, A.V.C. College (Autonomous), Mannampandal, Mayiladuthurai - 609 305 India. ²Department of Botany and Microbiology, A.V.V.M. Sripushpam College, Poondi, Thanjavur - 613 503 India. ³Department of Botany, A.V.C. College (Autonomous), Mannampandal, Mayiladuthurai - 609 305 India.

ABSTRACT: Petroleum hydrocarbons are typically a complex mixture of aliphatic and aromatic organic compounds. Soil contaminated with petroleum derivatives are potentially carcinogenic and mutagenic. The soil contaminated with PAHs are remediated using a diverse set of physical and chemical methods. Inaddition to physical and chemical methods , biodegradation has become more accepted over the last two decades. The contaminated soil samples were collected and analyzed for various physico - chemical parameters. The hydrocarbon degrading Actinomycetes were isolated and identified from the isolated from contaminated soil. The selected organisms were tested for biosurfactant production and biosurfactant analysis.

KEYWORDS: Hydrocarbons; Biodegradation; Biosurfactant.

[ HTML Full Text]