Enhanced crude oil hydrocarbon degradation by self-immobilized bacterial consortium culture on sawdust and oil palm empty fruit bunch

• Main Authors: Hazaimeh, Mohammad, Abd Mutalib, Sahilah, Sannasi Abdullah, Palsan, Wong, Kok Kee, Surif, Salmijah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2014
• Subjects: QR Microbiology
• Online Access: http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/41/1/Enhancedcrudeoilhydrocarbondegradationbyself-immobilized%20bacterial%20consortium%20culture%20on%20sawdust%20and%20oil%20palm%20empty%20fruit%20bunch%20%281%29.pdf; http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/41/

This study reports enhanced degradation of crude oil hydrocarbons by a bacterial consortium culture (CC) immobilized onto sawdust (SD) and oil palms empty fruit bunch (OPEFB). The bacterial surface hydrophobic property of the bacterial CC was 60.3 ± 2.20 %, which suggested high bacterial cell attach...