title: Petroleum pollution bioremediation using water-insoluble uric acid as the nitrogen source.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel 69978.
authors.forename: Omry
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Koren
authors.forename: Vishnia
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Knezevic
authors.forename: Eliora Z
authors.initials: EZ
authors.lastname: Ron
authors.forename: Eugene
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rosenberg
mesh_terms: D000150:Acinetobacter / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D003470:Culture Media; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000378:metabolism*; D010578:Petroleum; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D014527:Uric Acid / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D010578:Petroleum; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D014527:Uric Acid; D009584:Nitrogen