Bioremediation of an oil-contaminated soil by fungal intervention
- Univ. of Natal, Scottsville (South Africa)
The central aim of this study was to determine if indigenous fungal species present in an oil-contaminated soil are capable of bioremediating the contamination. Some of the contamination has been present at a disused oil-recycling plant site for over two decades, and it was felt that the indigenous microbial species should have been subjected to specific selection pressure for a protracted period, thus effecting key enzymatic capabilities for degradation in situ. Two experimental approaches to a landfarming type or remediation were examined. The first involved a simple biostimulation process of soil fungi. The second incorporated an extensive isolation and screening program with subsequent bulking and reinoculation into the contaminated soil.
- OSTI ID:
- 474246
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950483-; ISBN 1-57477-004-7; TRN: 97:008993
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 3. international in situ and on-site bioreclamation symposium, San Diego, CA (United States), 24-27 Apr 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Bioaugmentation for site remediation; Hinchee, R.E.; Fredrickson, J.; Alleman, B.C. [eds.] [Battelle Memorial Inst., Columbus, OH (United States)]; PB: 272 p.; Bioremediation, Volume 3(3)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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