Enhanced Biodegradation of Spent Lubricating Oil Contaminated Soil Using Poultry Litter

Oil spillage is a menace, crippling most oil-producing regions around the globe. The aim of this study was to access the role of poultry litter and cow dung in enhancing biodegradation of diesel-contaminated soil. The treatment sets were split into three levels of diesel pollution (50 mL, 100 mL and 150 mL) amended with poultry litters, cow dung and a mixture of both amendments. The microbiological properties-and the total petroleum hydrocarbon content was analyzed for a period of six months using the pour plate techniques and Gas Chromatography (GC-FID), respectively. Agarose gel electrophoresis was used for plasmid detection. Mean total heterotrophic bacterial counts ranged between 40.5±0.5 x104 cfu-1 and 102.0 ±4.0 x104 cfu-1, for C1 (soil with poultry litter and cow dung with 50mL diesel) and Control 2. The mean total hydrocarbonoclastic bacterial counts ranged from 42.0±2.0 x104 cfu-1 to 66.5±2.5 x104 cfu-1 for B1 (soil with cow dung with 50mL diesel) and C3 (soil with poultry litter and cow dung with 150mL diesel). Bacillus subtilis (25.7%) and Staphylococcus aureus (4.73%) were reported as the isolates with the highest and least percentage frequency of occurrence. The percentage of diesel oil degradation was highest in C1 (98.5%) and lowest in Control 1 (31.6%). Plasmid extraction studies carried revealed that two out of the five hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria had both plasmids and chromosomal genes. The result has indicated the enhanced capacity of mixed amendments relative to individual waste treatment used in this study and should be recommended for bioremediation application.

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Biodegradation of Used Motor Oil in Soil Using Organic Waste Amendments

Biotechnology Research International ◽

10.1155/2012/587041 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 2012 ◽

pp. 1-8 ◽

Cited By ~ 43

Author(s):

O. P. Abioye ◽

P. Agamuthu ◽

A. R. Abdul Aziz

Keyword(s):

Contaminated Soil ◽

Oil Pollution ◽

Green Technology ◽

Lubricating Oil ◽

Soil Bioremediation ◽

Order Kinetic ◽

Human Beings ◽

Mushroom Compost ◽

Oil Biodegradation ◽

Used Lubricating Oil

Soil and surface water contamination by used lubricating oil is a common occurrence in most developing countries. This has been shown to have harmful effects on the environment and human beings at large. Bioremediation can be an alternative green technology for remediation of such hydrocarbon-contaminated soil. Bioremediation of soil contaminated with 5% and 15% (w/w) used lubricating oil and amended with 10% brewery spent grain (BSG), banana skin (BS), and spent mushroom compost (SMC) was studied for a period of 84 days, under laboratory condition. At the end of 84 days, the highest percentage of oil biodegradation (92%) was recorded in soil contaminated with 5% used lubricating oil and amended with BSG, while only 55% of oil biodegradation was recorded in soil contaminated with 15% used lubricating oil and amended with BSG. Results of first-order kinetic model to determine the rate of biodegradation of used lubricating oil revealed that soil amended with BSG recorded the highest rate of oil biodegradation (0.4361 day−1) in 5% oil pollution, while BS amended soil recorded the highest rate of oil biodegradation (0.0556 day−1) in 15% oil pollution. The results of this study demonstrated the potential of BSG as a good substrate for enhanced remediation of hydrocarbon contaminated soil at low pollution concentration.

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Enhanced Biodegradation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Contaminated Soil

Journal of Soil Contamination ◽

10.1080/713914241 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 37-51 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Laleh Yerushalmi ◽

Sylvie Rocheleau ◽

Ruxandra Cimpoia ◽

Manon Sarrazin ◽

Geoffrey Sunahara ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Contaminated Soil ◽

Petroleum Hydrocarbons ◽

Enhanced Biodegradation

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Enhanced biodegradation of PAHs in historically contaminated soil by M. gilvum inoculated biochar

Chemosphere ◽

10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.05.020 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 182 ◽

pp. 316-324 ◽

Cited By ~ 35

Author(s):

Bijing Xiong ◽

Youchi Zhang ◽

Yanwei Hou ◽

Hans Peter H. Arp ◽

Brian J. Reid ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Contaminated Soil ◽

Enhanced Biodegradation ◽

Historically Contaminated Soil

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Enhanced biodegradation of creosote-contaminated soil

Waste Management ◽

10.1016/0956-053x(96)00014-1 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 15 (8) ◽

pp. 579-583 ◽

Cited By ~ 20

Author(s):

Patrick P.E. Carriere ◽

Fehmidakhatun A. Mesania

Keyword(s):

Contaminated Soil ◽

Enhanced Biodegradation

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Surfactant-enhanced biodegradation of crude oil by mixed bacterial consortium in contaminated soil

Environmental Science and Pollution Research ◽

10.1007/s11356-018-1604-3 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 25 (15) ◽

pp. 14437-14446 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Ruiwei Xu ◽

Zhen Zhang ◽

Liping Wang ◽

Ningning Yin ◽

Xiaohui Zhan

Keyword(s):

Crude Oil ◽

Contaminated Soil ◽

Bacterial Consortium ◽

Enhanced Biodegradation ◽

Mixed Bacterial Consortium

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Effects of co-composted cow manure and poultry litter on the extractability and bioavailability of trace metals from the contaminated soil irrigated with wastewater

Journal of Water Reuse and Desalination ◽

10.2166/wrd.2019.141 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 17-29

Author(s):

Bushra Haroon ◽

Amjad Hassan ◽

Arshad Mehmood Abbasi ◽

An Ping ◽

Shao Yang ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Trace Metals ◽

Contaminated Soil ◽

Plant Biomass ◽

Agricultural Soils ◽

Poultry Litter ◽

Wastewater Irrigation ◽

Plant Residues ◽

Cow Manure ◽

Combined Use

Abstract It is generally recognized that agricultural soils accumulate toxic metals after long-term wastewater irrigation. The removal of trace metals (TMs) from the soil is not possible. Therefore, this study investigated the effects of the addition of manure on the extractability and bioavailability of TM from the contaminated soil after wastewater irrigation. Soils samples were treated with co-composted cow manure (CM) and poultry litter (PL) at 10 and 20 t ha−1. The study showed that addition of manure enhanced fenugreek biomass and reduced TM uptake depending on the combination of composted manures used. TM concentrations in the fenugreek shoots varied in the order of Pb > Ni > Zn > Cu > Cd. A higher amount of manure mixture especially composted with the privet and cypress residues decreased the extractability of TM from the contaminated soil. Soils amended with PL reduced TM concentrations more than CM; this is also true for the plant uptake. The variation of TM in plants was positively associated with their concentrations in the soil and adversely related to the plant biomass. This study confirmed that the combined use of composted manure with plant residues can be an effective addition for ameliorating the TM pollution in soils and crops.

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