Investigation of oil degrading ability of bacteria isolated from soil.

Kumar Satyam; Deepak Kumar; Pappu Kumar; Rahul Anand; Avkash Kumar; Kaveri Roy

Volume : VII, Issue : II, February - 2018

Investigation of oil degrading ability of bacteria isolated from soil.

Kumar Satyam, Deepak Kumar, Pappu Kumar, Rahul Anand, Avkash Kumar, Kaveri Roy

Abstract :

Human induced calamities have affected the nature in most adverse ways. Oil spills are one such phenomenon that happens due to technical mishaps in the mid–ocean oil rigs or due to accidents. The spilled hydrocarbons cause death of marine lives that come in contact with the oil. Some bacteria have the capability to assimilate these hydrocarbons by feeding on them. The current study aims to isolate oil degrading bacteria from soil and to test the degrading ability of the isolated bacteria on different types of oils.