Growth kinetics of a diesel-degrading bacterial strain from petroleum-contaminated soil

• Main Authors: F. A., Dahalan, I., Yunus, M. Y., Shukor, M. I. E., Halmi, M. A., Syed, W. L. W., Johari, N. A., Shamaan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Triveni Enterprises 2015
• Subjects: Isolation; Characterization; Diesel-degrading; Acinetobacter Sp; Haldane
• Online Access: http://ddms.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/8211
• Institution: Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia

A diesel-degrading bacterium was isolated from a diesel-contaminated site in Selangor, Malaysia. The isolate was tentatively identified as Acinetobacter sp. strain DRY12 based on partial 16S rDNA molecular phylogeny and Biolog (R) GN microplate panels and Microlog (R) database. Optimum growth occurr...