Petroleum Pollution Bioremediation Using Water-Insoluble Uric Acid as the Nitrogen Source

Omry Koren; Vishnia Knezevic; Eliora Z. Ron; Eugene Rosenberg

doi:10.1128/AEM.69.10.6337-6339.2003

Petroleum Pollution Bioremediation Using Water-Insoluble Uric Acid as the Nitrogen Source

Omry Koren, Vishnia Knezevic, Eliora Z. Ron, Eugene Rosenberg

Tel Aviv University

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Abstract

The biodegradation of hydrocarbon pollutants in open systems is limited by the availability of a utilizable nitrogen source. This limitation can be overcome by using uric acid. Enrichment cultures grown on crude oil-uric acid media yielded mixed and pure cultures that degraded petroleum. In a simulated open system, uric acid bound to crude oil and was available for bacterial growth and petroleum biodegradation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	6337-6339
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Volume	69
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.69.10.6337-6339.2003
State	Published - Oct 2003
Externally published	Yes

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