Biotechnology Bulletin ›› 2021, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (6): 127-135.doi: 10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2020-1273

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Screening,Identification and Characteristics of Petroleum Degrading Bacteria from the Contaminated Soil of Yanchi Aera

SHEN Cong1(), LIU Shuang1, WANG Chun-xia2, YAN Xue-mei1, DAI Jin-xia1()   

  1. 1. School of Life Sciences,Ningxia University,Yinchuan 750021
    2. Ningxia Academy of Environmental Sciences,Yinchuan 750004
  • Received:2020-10-16 Online:2021-06-26 Published:2021-07-08
  • Contact: DAI Jin-xia E-mail:19909559702@139.com;daijx05@163.com

Abstract:

Highly efficient petroleum degrading bacteria were isolated and screened from the crude oil contaminated soil in Yanchi,Ningxia. The degradation characteristics of the strains and their remediation effect on the contaminated soil were studied,aiming to provide efficient microbial resource and theoretical basis for microbial remediation of oil contaminated soil in this area. The petroleum degrading bacteria were screened by the methods of enrichment culture and isolation and purification. The strains were identified based on physiological and biochemical characteristics and the 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis. According to the ability of producing surfactant and the degradation rate of crude oil,two efficient strains were selected to prepare single microbial agent and compound microbial agent,and their remediation effects on petroleum contaminated soil was studied. The results showed that 25 strains of petroleum degrading bacteria were isolated from petroleum contaminated soil,and most of them were gram positive. The strains belonged to 12 genera,including 6 strains each of Streptomyces and Pseudomonas as dominant genus,3 strains of Rhodococcus and 2 strains of Bacillus,and 1 strain each of the other 8 genera,with rich diversity. The strains showed different surfactant producing abilities and crude oil degradation rates. Among them,Rhodococcus strains S25 and S18 presented the highest degradation rates,50.0% and 47.2%,respectively;followed by Cytobacillus S19 and Streptomyces S10 with 44.4% degradation rate. The degradation rate of petroleum by Pseudomonas S23 was the lowest,only 25.0%. Soil remediation experiments demonstrated that the degradation rate of petroleum was 62.7% and 75.4% with the single bacterial agent prepared by S18 and S25 incubated in the contaminated soil for 90 d. The degradation effect of the composite bacterial agent prepared by the two strains was significantly better than that of the single bacterial agent,and the degradation rate reached 84.7%,indicating that there was a synergistic promotion effect between them,and they have the potential to be developed as soil remediation agents.

Key words: oil-degrading bacteria, screening and identification, degradation characteristics, soil repair