Bioaugmented phytoremediation: A strategy for reclamation of diesel oil-contaminated soils
2016
Chuluun, B. (University of Science and Technology, Daejeon (The Republic of Korea). Dept. of Energy and Environmental Engineering) | Shah, S.H. (The University of Agriculture, Peshawar (Pakistan). Dept. of Soil and Environmental Sciences) | Jae-Seong, R. (Korea Inst. of Science and Technology, Seoul (The Republic of Korea). Center for Water Resources Cycle)
Oil spills to natural environment, either accidental or instinctive seepage, pose a long term threat to all kind of life. Efficient remediation techniques are still on the way of development. In the present study, phytoremediation process in combination with introduction of bacterial consortium in a diesel oil-contaminated soil was investigated in terms of removal of total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH). A model soil spiked with 50 g diesel oil per kg was incubated over a 90-day period at ambient condition in combination with perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) and with hydrocarbon (HC)-degrading bacterial consortium consisting ten strains isolated from petroleum contaminated soils. The average TPH removal efficiency of the bioaugmented phytoremedation was 57.3%, which was 7.3% more efficient than the phytoremediation alone and 5.3% more than the bioaugmentation alone. Mutual interactive effect of the perennial ryegrass and the inoculated bacterial consortium was explained in terms of alteration in soil conditions, plant growth, bacterial population and diesel oil degradation in the soil.
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