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SUBMITTER: Ismail S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4395392 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ismail Salmah S Dadrasnia Arezoo A
PloS one 20150413 4
Environmental contamination by petroleum hydrocarbons, mainly crude oil waste from refineries, is becoming prevalent worldwide. This study investigates the bioremediation of water contaminated with crude oil waste. Bacillus salamalaya 139SI, a bacterium isolated from a private farm soil in the Kuala Selangor in Malaysia, was found to be a potential degrader of crude oil waste. When a microbial population of 108 CFU ml-1 was used, the 139SI strain degraded 79% and 88% of the total petroleum hydro ...[more]