Bacterial Flora of Soil after Application of Oily Waste

Population dynamics and distribution of hydrocarbon utilizing bacteria in Automobile workshops within Uyo metropolis, Akwa Ibom State

“…This, according to Jensen (1975), suggests a toxic or inimical effect of the lubricating oil on the heterotrophic bacterial population. This finding confirms the report of the study by Akoachere et al (2008) that heterotrophic bacterial counts were significantly lower in lubricating oil impacted soils than in non-impacted soils.…”

Hydrocarbon Biodegradation and Oil Spill Bioremediation

“…The microbial community of soils usually includes a significant hydrocarbonutilizing component, which readily increases in response to hydrocarbon contamination (Atlas et at., 1981;Jensen, 1975;Llanos and Kjoller, 1976;Pinholt et at, 1979;Lode, 1986). A sandy loam soil with no previous oil exposure history was found to have about 30,000 hydrocarbon degraders per g .…”

Biodegradation of aromatic compounds in a self‐cycling fermenter (SCF)

“…:teria that are capable of degrading hydrocal'bons. This is not surprising; hydrocarbons are naturatly occurnng organic compounds and many microorganisms have consequently evolved to utilize these abundant compounds as a carbon source Several studies (2,10,23,31,43) report as many as 22 genera ofbacteria that are capable of degr8.ding hydrocarbons, including aromatics. Some benera of yeasts (28), fllngi (25) and a]gae (2) have a]so been reported to be capable of hydrocarbon degradation.…”