Studies on Degradation of Hydrocarbon by Biosurfactant –Diesel Oil

Author: Uma Maheswari R. and Selvamohan T.

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Abstract

The energy resources mainly petroleum and petroleum hydrocarbons are major pollutants of the environment. The oil and oil products contamination may cause severe harm and hence, the attention has been remunerated in the development of alternative technologies for elimination of these contaminants. Biosurfactants were used in the remediation of oil pollution due to advantages such as biodegradability and low toxicity. The biosurfactants are produced from low cost substrates like agro-industrial wastes which reduce the cost of production. Biosurfactants and bioemulsifiers are amphiphilic compounds and are produced as extracellular or parts of the cell membrane by bacteria. The biosurfactants produced by them are nontoxic, biodegradable do not cause any harm to the environment. The present study was unique characteristics of biosurfactant produced by Pseudomonas fluorescens make them a better candidate from physical methods for the removal of hydrocarbons and environmental application due to hydrocarbon addressed with such biosurfactant producing strains of Pseudomonas fluorescens.

Keywords

Biosurfactants, Pollutants, Biodegradable, Hydrocarbons, bioemulsifiers, Pseudomonas fluorescens

Conclusion

Biosurfactant producing Pseudomonas fluorescens has the ability to degrade the hydrocarbon at optimized parameters in laboratory condition. In our study, 17 strain used for the degradation to clear that the Pseudomonas fluorescens utilized the hydrocarbon as sole carbon source multiplication in the soil degrading the hydrocarbon due to the production of biosurfactant, and also helped to maintain the soil fertility by the removal of hydrocarbon pollutant. The biosurfactants produced by them are non toxic, biodegradable do not cause any harm to the environment. These unique characteristics of biosurfactant produced by Pseudomonas fluorescens make them better candidate from physical methods for the removal of hydrocarbons and environmental application due to hydrocarbon addressed with such biosurfactant producing strains of Pseudomonas fluorescens.

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How to cite this article

Uma Maheswari R. and Selvamohan T. (2023). Studies on Degradation of Hydrocarbon by Biosurfactant –Diesel Oil. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 15(5): 1486-1491.