Author： Tadros Mahasin Hughes Joseph
Publisher： Humana Press, Inc
ISSN： 0273-2289
Source： Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Vol.63, Iss.1, 1997-03, pp. : 865-870
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Abstract
The goal of this paper was to quantify and characterize microorganisms (bacteria) in sediment samples contaminated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs: fluorene and naphthalene). The isolated organisms were evaluated for their ability to degrade PAHs compounds. The results indicated that the total number of recovered heterotrophic colony forming units was higher than zone forming units produced by the PAHs compounds. There was a relationship between the biomass of the bacteria recovered from the sediment and the degradation of the compounds. This indicated the utilization of the compounds by the bacteria as a carbon source. Two bacterial species were isolated from the contaminated sediments and identified as
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