title: Analysis of oil components and hydrocarbon-utilizing microorganisms during laboratory-scale bioremediation of oil-contaminated soil of Kuwait.
abstract: A huge amount of oil-contaminated soil remains unremediated in the Kuwait desert. The contaminated oil has the potentiality to cause pollution of underground water and to effect the health of people in the neighborhood. We have been studying bioremediation of Kuwait oil-contaminated soil. Chemical analyses of biodegraded compounds and isolation of petroleum hydrocarbon-decomposing microorganisms were carried out. From the chemical analyses, it was revealed that the decomposed compounds were mainly saturated fractions from alumina column chromatography and that the aromatic fractions were not decomposed well. Isolation of bacteria was carried out for eight kinds of hydrocarbons which are components of crude petroleum (n-hexadecane, 2,6,10,14-tetramethylpentadecane, 1,4-diisopropylbenzene, naphthalene, 1-methylnaphthalene, phenanthrene, anthracene, and perylene). Many of the n-hexadecane- and 2,6,10,14-tetramethylpentadecane-decomposing bacteria were isolated, but aromatic compound-decomposing bacteria were not enriched. It was concluded that the slow decomposition of aromatic compounds was due to the low population of aromatic compound-decomposing bacteria in the Kuwait desert soil.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agriculture and Agricultural Life Sciences, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: B H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chino
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tsuji
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kunito
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Makishima
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Uchida
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Oyaizu
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D001483:Base Sequence; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006838:Hydrocarbons / Q000378:metabolism; D007730:Kuwait; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010578:Petroleum / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D014857:Warfare
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D006838:Hydrocarbons; D010578:Petroleum; D012989:Soil Pollutants