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KMID : 0545120010110040607
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Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
2001 Volume.11 No. 4 p.607 ~ p.613
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Evaluation of Bioremediation Effectiveness by Resolving Rate-Limiting Parameters in Diesel-Contaminated Soil
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Joo, Choon Sung
Oh, Young Sook/Chung, Wook Jin
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Abstract
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The biodegradation rates of diesel oil by a selected diesel-degrading bacterium, Pseudomonas stutzeri strain Y2G1, and microbial consortia composed of combinations of 5 selected diesel-degrading bacteria were determined in liquid and soil systems. The diesel degradation rate by strain Y2G1 linearly increased (R^2=0.98) as the diesel concentration increased up to 12%, and a degradation rate as high as 5.64g/l/day was obtained. The diesel degradation by strain Y2G1 was significantly affected by several environmental factors, and the optimal conditions for pH, temperature, and moisture content were at pH 8, 25℃, and 10%, respectively. In the batch soil microcosm tests, inoculation, especially in the form of a consortium, and the addition of nutrients both significantly enhanced the diesel degradation by a factor of 1.5 and 4, respectively. Aeration of the soil columns effectively accelerated the diesel degradation, and the initial degradation rate was obviously stimulated with the addition of inorganic nutrients. Based on these results, it was concluded that the major rate-limiting factors in the tested diesel-contaminated soil were the presence of inorganic nutrients, oxygen, and diesel-degrading microorganisms. To resolve these limiting parameters, bioremediation strategies were specifically designed for the tested soil, and the successful mitigation of the limiting parameters resulted in an enhancement of the bioremediation efficiency by a factor of 11.
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