Nitrogen source Organism

Basal medium1 

Ammonium sulfate

urea 46%

Local urea

Sodium   nitrate

Nitrogen
  fertiliser

  manure

% dégradation

Rhodococcus sp. Sab

86.75% ± 0.75 AB
(5.78)2

75.00%  ± 1.00 D (5.00)

88.25% ± 0.75 ABC (5.48)

 85.50% 
 0.50 ABC (5.70)

   79.75% ±    1.25 CD (5.32)

77.75% ± 1.25 CD (5.18)

95.00% ±1.00 (6.33)

 

Consortiuma    

 

 

90.00% ± 1.00 ABC  
(6.00)

78.50%  ± 1.50 CD (5.23)

90.00% ± 1.00 AB  (6.00)

94.50% ± 1.50 AB  (6.33)

85.75% ± 1.00 ABC   (5.72)

93.75% ± 0.75 AB
(6.25)

94.25%±0.75 AB  (6.28)

 

Pseudomonassp. Sb

81.00%  ± 2.00 C (5.40)

68.25% ± 1.25 (4.88)

 

86.75% ±  1.25 ABC (5.78)

84.00% ± 1.00 ABC (5.60)

83.00% ± 2.00 C  (5.33)

79.00% ±  1.00 CD (5.27)

97.00% ± 1.00 A (6.47)

1Ammonium nitrate was used as nitrogen source
2 Degradation rate (% degradation/ incubation time)
Same capital letters are not statistically different among nitrogen sources at p<0.01± standard error (n=2) Same small letters are not statistically different among organisms at p<0.01± standard error (n=2)
Table 3: Effect of some nitrogen sources on crude oil biodegradation by the chosen bacterial strains after 15 days of incubation.