Impact of incubation period on biodegradation of petroleum hydrocarbons from refinery wastewater in Kuantan, Malaysia by indigenous bacteria

• Main Authors: Ibrahim, Muna, Makky, Essam A., Nina Suhaity, Azmi, Jamil, Ismail
• Format: Article
• Published: Springer 2018
• Subjects: Q Science (General)
• Online Access: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/21812/; https://doi.org/10.1080/10889868.2018.1476453; https://doi.org/10.1080/10889868.2018.1476453

This work studied the biodegradation of petroleum hydrocarbons (PHCs) extracted from refinery wastewater to produce industrially important by-products at different incubation periods. Two out of 13 bacterial isolates, KRD2 and KRA4 were isolated. Dichloromethane was used to extract the PHC, and gas...