Isolation and characterization of a high-efficiency marine diesel oil-degrading bacterium

In the recent 50 years, marine oil spills had resulted in severe environmental pollution problems worldwide. In this study, 12 petroleum-degrading strains named MJ1 to MJ12, which can use diesel oil as the sole carbon source for growth, were isolated from the seawater in Jiaozhou Bay, China. Strain MJ4 has the highest diesel-degrading rate which is up to 26.54% in 5 days with the diesel oil concentration of 10 g/L. According to the BLAST research, 16SrRNA sequence of MJ4 showed 99% similarity to Bacillus megaterium strain. Single-factor experiments and response surface methodology were carried out to optimize the environmental factors and their reciprocal action for affecting the diesel oil degradation process of Bacillus sp. MJ4. Results of single-factor experiments revealed that the highest degradation rate was obtained with temperature of 28 °C, pH of 8.8, diesel oil concentration of 25 g/L, P/N ratio of 0.56, nitrogen and phosphorus dosage quantity of 0.35 g/L and 0.18 g/L, respectively. A nonlinear regression equation of diesel oil degradation rate and pH, temperature, P/N ratio was obtained. The model predicted the maximum degradation rate of 72.21% with temperature of 28 °C, pH of 8.88, P/N ratio of 0.31, respectively.

Enhancement diesel oil degradation by using biofilm forming bacteria on biochar

Biochar is defined as a carbon-rich, fine-grained, porous substance, which is produced by pyrolysis biomass with little or no oxygen. Biochar is usually produced from crop residues, wood biomass, animal litters, and solid wastes. Recently, biochar is increasingly receiving attention as an environmental-friendly approach, especially as a climate change mitigation strategy. Biochar is especilly demonstrated to remove diesel oil (DO) from soil and water. In this report, 4 biofilm forming bacteria including Klepsiellasp. VTD8, Pseudomonas sp. BQN21, Rhodococcussp. BN5 and Stenotropomonassp. QND8 were used to attach to biochar produced from husk to estimate the capacity of their DO removal. As the results, removal efficiency of biofilm formed by each strain VTD8, BQN21, BN5 and QND8 were 67, 73, 75 and 68 % with initial concentration of 39 g/l, respectively. On the other hand, mix species biofilm attached to husk carrier and without carrier degraded 98 and 78 %. Using husk without bacteria as absortion control, the amount of DO removal was 23 %. These results gave hint that using biochar produced from husk as carrier for biofilm forming bacteria to attach may increase efficiency of DO pollution treatment. Than sinh học (biochar) là một chất xốp có các gốc carbon và có nguồn gốc từ quá trình nhiệt phân sinh khối các loại chất thải, động, thực vật,… dưới điều kiện hạn chế oxy hoặc không có oxy.Hiện nay biochar đã được ứng dụng rộng rãi trong xử lý môi trường. Đặc biệt các biochar còn được chứng minh là có thể xử lý dầu diesel (diesel oil - DO) có trong đất và nước. Trong nghiên cứu này, chúng tôi sử dụng 4 chủng vi khuẩn tạo màng sinh học tốt là Klepsiella sp. VTD8, Pseudomonas sp. BQN21, Rhodococcus sp. BN5 và Stenotropomonas sp. QND8 để gắn lên chất mang là biochar làm từ trấu nhằm đánh giá hiệu quả xử lý DO của chúng. Kết quả cho thấy, sau 7 ngày, các chủng VTD8, BQN21, BN5 và QND8 có khả năng phân hủy 67, 73, 75 và 68 % DO với hàm lượng ban đầu là 39 g/l. Trong khi đó, hiệu suất của màng sinh học tạo thành bởi hỗn hợp các chủng này khi không có chất mang biochar trấu và khi có chất mang biochar trấu lần lượt là 78 và 98 %. Còn sử dụng chất mang biochar trấu không có vi sinh vật làm đối chứng thì thu được hiệu suất hấp phụ DO là 23 %. Như vậy, kết quả này mở ra tiềm năng ứng dụng biochar trấu làm chất mang cho các chủng vi khuẩn tạo màng sinh học để nâng cao hiệu quả xử lý ô nhiễm dầu.

Isolation of Petroleum Hydrocarbon Degrading Bacteria from the Liaohe Estuary at Cold Climate

Two cold-tolerant petroleum hydrocarbon degrading bacteria strain named CHD1 and CHD2 were isolated from oil-contaminated soil at cold climate. The isolated strains were able use diesel oil as sole carbon. The petroleum hydrocarbon degradation rate was analyzed using UV-spectrometry-based methods. The results showed that the diesel oil degradation rate of CHD1 and CHD2 were 22% and 25%, respectively.