Degradation of benzo[a]pyrene by halophilic bacterial strain Staphylococcus haemoliticus strain 10SBZ1A.

ABSTRACT: The exploitation of petroleum oil generates a considerable amount of "produced water or petroleum waste effluent (PWE)" that is contaminated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), including Benzo[a]pyrene (BaP). PWE is characterised by its high salinity, which can be as high as 30% NaCl, thus the exploitation of biodegradation to remove PAHs necessitates the use of active halophilic microbes. The strain 10SBZ1A was isolated from oil contaminated soils, by enrichment experiment in medium containing 10% NaCl (w/v). Homology analyses of 16S rRNA sequences identified 10SBZ1A as a Staphylococcus haemoliticus species, based on 99.99% homology (NCBI, accession number GI: MN388897). The strain could grow in the presence of 4-200 μmol l-1 of BaP as the sole source of carbon, with a doubling

SUBMITTER: Nzila A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7939701 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature