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

AUTOR(ES)

Koren, Omry

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

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.

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