AEROBIC DEGRADATION OF NAPHTHALENE, FLUORANTHENE, PYRENE AND CHRYSENE USING INDIGENOUS STRAINS OF BACTERIA ISOLATED FROM A FORMER INDUSTRIAL SITE
Four bacterial strains were isolated from a former industrial site contaminated with organic and inorganic pollutants for
decades. The isolation was done using naphthalene as sole source of carbon and energy during the enrichment. 16S
rRNA gene sequence analyses of the four isolates (OC1, OC2, OC3, and OC4) assigned the strains to the genus,
Enterobacter (OC1) and Pseudomonas (OC2, OC3, and...
*Obinna C Nwinyi, Flynn W Picardal , Thuy T An and Olukayode O Amund
Nwinyi Obinna » Prof. Obinna is actively involved in bioremediation of persistent organic pollutants in the environment .His research focus is on studies of incidence of persistent organic pollutants within our environment (Soil and water). His studies hinges on the bacterial mechanisms utilized by bacterial species in degrading persistent organic pollutants within our tropical environment; assay of the... view full profile
