Hydrophobised sawdust as a carrier for immobilisation of the hydrocarbon-oxidizing bacterium Rhodococcus ruber.
Pine sawdust treated by a series of hydrophobising agents (drying oil, organosilicon emulsion, n-hexadecane and paraffin) was examined as carrier for adsorption immobilisation of hydrocarbon-oxidizing bacterial cells Rhodococcus ruber. It was shown that hydrophobising agents based on drying oil turned out to be optimal (among the other modifiers examined) for the preparation of sawdust carriers suitable for the efficient immobilisation. The results obtained demonstrate promising possibilities in developing a wide range of available and cheap, biodegradable cellulose-containing carriers that possess varying surface hydrophobicity.
Podorozhko
Elena A
EA
Institute of Organoelement Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991, Moscow, Russia.
Lozinsky
Vladimir I
VI
Ivshina
Irena B
IB
Kuyukina
Maria S
MS
Krivorutchko
Anastasiya B
AB
Philp
Jim C
JC
Cunningham
Colin J
CJ
D000473:Alkanes / Q000737:chemistry; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D002384:Catalysis; D002482:Cellulose / Q000737:chemistry; D006838:Hydrocarbons / Q000737:chemistry*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D008956:Models, Chemical; D009821:Oils; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry*; D028223:Pinus; D012240:Rhodococcus / Q000378:metabolism*; D014934:Wood
D000473:Alkanes; D006838:Hydrocarbons; D009821:Oils; D002482:Cellulose; D010100:Oxygen