Production of biosurfactant by nocardia otitidiscaviarum and its role in biodegradation of crude oil

Iranian Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 425-432

  Vyas, T K ^a   Dave, B P ^b  

^a CHAROTAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b BHAVNAGAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Bioremediation; Cell surface hydrophobicity; Emulsification; Glycolipids

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CRUDE OIL; EMULSION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID; MARINE POLLUTION; OIL POLLUTION; SEAWATER; SURFACTANT;

ALANG; GUJARAT; INDIA;

NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA OTITIDISCAVIARUM;

EID: 82055166816     PISSN: 17351979     EISSN: 17352746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Adams, R. H.; Guzman-Osorio, F. J.; Zavala Cruz, J., (2008). Water repellency in oil contaminated sandy and clayey soils. Int. J. Environ. Sci. Tech., 5 (4), 445-454 (10 pages).
2. nd Ed. Academic Press, San Diego.
3. Al-Tahhan, A.; Sandrin, T. R.; Bodour, A. A.; Maier, R., (2000). Rhamnolipid-induced removal of lipopolysac-charide from Pseudomonas aeruginosa: effect on cell surface properties and interaction with hydrophobic substrates., Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 66, 3262-3268 (7 pages).
4. Atlas, R. M.; Bartha, R., (1992). Hydrocarbon biodegradation and oil spill bioremediation, in: Marshall, K. C., (Ed), Advances in Microbial Ecology. Plenum Press, New York, 287-338 (52 pages).
5. Banat, I. M., (1993). The isolation of thermophilic biosurfactant producing Bacillus species. Biotech. Letter, 15, 591-594 (4 pages).
6. Beal, R.; Betts, W. B., (2000). Role of rhamnolipid biosurfactants in the uptake and mineralization of hexadecane in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. J. Appl. Microbiol., 89, 158-168 (11 pages).
7. Bonin, P.; Ranaivoson, E. R.; Raymond, N.; Chalamet, A.; Bertrand, J. C., (1994). Evidence for denitrification in marine sediment highly contaminated by petroleum products. Marine Poll. Bull., 28, 89-95 (7 pages).
8. Bredholt, H.; Bruheim, P.; Potocky, M.; Eimhjellen, K., (2002). Hydrophobicity development, alkane oxidation and crude oil emulsification in Rhodococcus species. Can. J. Microbiol., 48, 295-304 (10 pages).
9. Chandrasekharan, E. V.; BeMiller, J. N., (1980). Constituent analysis of glycosaminoglycans. in: Whistler, R. L., (Ed), Methods in Carbohydrates Chemistry. Academic Press, NY, USA, 8, 95-96 (2 pages).
10. Cho, J-H.; Jeong, Y-L.; Park, O-J.; Yoon, B-D.; Yang, J. W., (1998). Characterization of glycolipid biosurfactants from an isolated strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa YPJ 80. J. Microbiol. Biotech., 86 (6), 645-649 (5 pages).
11. Cooper, D. G.; Goldenberg, B. G., (1987). Surface-active agents from two Bacillus species. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 53, 224-229 (6 pages).
12. Desai, A. J.; Patel, R.; Desai, J. D., (1994). Advances in production of biosurfactants and their commercial applications. J. Sci. Indus. Res., 53, 619-629 (11 pages).
13. Fiechter, A., (1992). Biosurfactants: moving towards industrial application. Trends in Biotech., 10, 208-217 (10 pages).
14. Francy, D. S.; Thomas, J. M.; Raymond, R. L.; Ward, C. H., (1991). Emulsification of hydrocarbons by subsurface bacteria. J. Indus. Microbiol., 8, 237-246 (10 pages).
15. Goyal, P.; Sharma, P.; Srivastava, S.; Srivastava, M. M., (2008). Saraca indica leaf powder for decontamination of Pb: Removal, recovery, adsorbent characterization and equilibrium modeling. Int. J. Environ. Sci. Tech. 5 (1), 27-34 (8 pages).
16. Grassoff, K.; Kermling, K.; Ehrhardt, M., (1976). Methods of Seawater Analysis, Verlag Chemie, Weinbein.
17. Haghighat, S.; Akhavan Sepahy, A.; Mazaheri Assadi, M.; Pasdar, H., (2008), Ability of indigenous Bacillus licheniformis and Bacillus subtilis in microbial enhanced oil recovery, Int. J. Environ. Sci. Tech., 5, 385-390 (6 pages).
18. Husseien, M.; Amer, A. A.; El-Maghraby, A.; Taha, N. A., (2009).Availability of barley straw application on oil spill clean up. Int. J. Environ. Sci. Tech., 6 (1), 123-130 (8 pages).
19. Johnson, M. K.; Boese-Marrazzo, D., (1980). Production and properties of heat-stable extracellular hemolysin from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Infect Immun., 29 (3), 1028-1033 (6 pages).
20. Juang, D. F.; Yuan, C. S.; Hsueh, S. C.; Chiou, L. J., (2009a). Distribution of volatile organic compounds around a polluted river. Int. J. Environ. Sci. Tech., 6 (1), 91-104 (14 pages).
21. Juang, D. F.; Lee, C. H.; Hsueh, S. C., (2009b). Chlorinated volatile organic compounds found near the water surface of heavily polluted rivers. Int. J. Environ. Sci. Tech., 6 (4), 545-556 (12 pages).
22. Kosamu, I. B. M.; Obst, M., (2009). The influence of picocyanobacterialphotosynthesisoncalcite precipitation. Int. J. Environ. Sci. Tech., 6 (4), 557-562 (6 pages).
23. 4-3-OXO-C21- steroids on thin-layer chromatograms by "in situ" colour reactions. J. Chromat., 16, 136-151 (15 pages).
24. Nagheeby, M.; Kolahdoozan, M., (2010). Numerical modeling of two-phase fluid flow and oil slick transport in estuarine water. Int. J. Environ. Sci. Tech., 7 (4), 771-784 (8 pages).
25. Oberbremer, A.; Muller-Hurtig, R.; Wagner, F., (1990). Effect of the addition of microbial surfactants on hydrocarbon degradation in soil population in a stirred reactor. Appl. Microbiol. Biotech., 32, 485-489 (5 pages).
26. Panagoda, G. J.; Ellepola, A. N.; Samaranayake, L. P., (2001). Adhesion of Candida parapsilosis to epithelial and acrylic surfaces correlates with cell surface hydrophobicity. Mycoses, 44, 29-35 (7 pages).
27. Prabhu, Y.; Phale, P. S., (2003) Biodegradation of phenanthrene by Pseudomonas sp. strain PP2: novel metabolic pathway, role of biosurfactant and cell surface hydrophobicity in hydrocarbon assimilation, Appl. Microbiol. Biotech., 61, 342-351 (10 pages).
28. Rosenberg, M.; Gutnick, D. L.; Rosenberg, E., (1980). Adherence of bacteria to hydrocarbons: a simple method for measuring cell-surface hydrophobicity. FEMS Microbiol. Letters, 9, 29-33 (5 pages).
29. Siegmund, I.; Wagner, F., (1991). New method for detecting rhamnolipids excreted by Pseudomonas species during growth on mineral agar. Biotech. Tech., 5, 265-268 (4 pages).
30. Singleton, D. R.; Furlong M. A.; Rathbun, S. L.; Whitman, W. B., (2001). Quantitative comparisons of 16S rRNA gene sequence libraries from environmental samples. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 67, 4374-4376 (3 pages).
31. Stahl, E., (1969). Thin-Layer Chromatography. Springer Verlag, New York.
32. Vyas, T. K.; Dave, B. P., (2007). Effect of crude oil concentrations, temperature and pH on growth and degradation of crude oil by marine bacteria. Indian J. Marine Sci., 36 (1), 76-85 (10 pages).
33. Vyas, T. K.; Da ve, B. P., (2010). Effect of addition of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium fertilizers on biodegradation of crude oil by marine bacteria. Indian J. Marine Sci., 39 (1), 143-150 (8 pages).
34. Zhang, Y.; Miller, R. M., (1992). Enhanced octadecane dispersion and biodegradation by a Pseudomonas rhamnolipid surfactant (biosurfactant). Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 58, 3276-3282 (7 pages).
35. Zobell, C. E., (1946). Action of microorganisms on hydrocarbons. Bacteriol. Rev., 10, 1-49 (49 pages).