TY - JOUR
T1 - Biodegradation of crude oil and n-alkanes by fungi isolated from Oman
AU - Elshafie, Abdulkadir
AU - AlKindi, Abdulaziz Yahya
AU - Al-Busaidi, Sultan
AU - Bakheit, Charles
AU - Albahry, S. N.
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Sultan Qabbos University, Sultanate of Oman for their Research Grant No. B1/96/05, College of Science, and Dr. Michael Barry for his comments and corrections of the manuscript.
PY - 2007/11
Y1 - 2007/11
N2 - Ten fungal species isolated from tar balls collected from the beaches of Oman were tested for their abilities to grow and degrade n-alkanes and crude oil. The abilities of Aspergillus niger, A. ochraceus and Penicillium chrysogenum to degrade n-alkanes (C13-C18), crude oil were compared and their mycelial biomass was measured. Significant differences were found in the utilization of C15, C16, C17 and C18 by the three fungi. Similarly, significant differences we found in the amount of biomass produced by the three fungi growing on C13, C17, C18 and crude oil. The correlation coefficient of biomass and oil utilization was not statistically significant for Aspergillus niger, significant for Aspergillus terreus and highly significant for P. chrysogenum.
AB - Ten fungal species isolated from tar balls collected from the beaches of Oman were tested for their abilities to grow and degrade n-alkanes and crude oil. The abilities of Aspergillus niger, A. ochraceus and Penicillium chrysogenum to degrade n-alkanes (C13-C18), crude oil were compared and their mycelial biomass was measured. Significant differences were found in the utilization of C15, C16, C17 and C18 by the three fungi. Similarly, significant differences we found in the amount of biomass produced by the three fungi growing on C13, C17, C18 and crude oil. The correlation coefficient of biomass and oil utilization was not statistically significant for Aspergillus niger, significant for Aspergillus terreus and highly significant for P. chrysogenum.
KW - Biodegradation
KW - Crude oil
KW - Fungi
KW - Hydrocarbon
KW - Oman
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U2 - 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.06.006
DO - 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.06.006
M3 - Article
C2 - 17904586
AN - SCOPUS:36148942131
SN - 0025-326X
VL - 54
SP - 1692
EP - 1696
JO - Marine Pollution Bulletin
JF - Marine Pollution Bulletin
IS - 11
ER -