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Growth Potential Assessment of Actinomycetes Isolated from Petroleum Contaminated Soil

Sudhir K Shekhar1*, Jai Godheja1, Modi DR1 and Jyotsana K Peter2
1Department of Biotechnology, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, India
2Department of Microbiology and Fermentation Technology, Sam Higginbotom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, India
Corresponding Author : Sudhir K Shekhar
Department of Biotechnology
Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, India
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E-mail: sudhirkshekhar@gail.com
Received September 17, 2014; Accepted October 17, 2014; Published October 20, 2014
Citation: Shekhar SK, Godheja J, Modi DR, Peter JK (2014) Growth Potential Assessment of Actinomycetes Isolated from Petroleum Contaminated Soil. J Bioremed Biodeg 5:259. doi:10.4172/2155-6199.1000259
Copyright: © 2014 Shekhar SK, et al. This is an open-a ccess article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Abstract

Uncontrolled release of hydrocarbon compounds that are carcinogenic, mutagenic and are potent immunotoxicants into soil and ground water poses a serious threat to human and animal health. Due to their extensive use, they cause serious environmental pollution which has drawn attention towards the research. In the present study total 134 indigenous actinomycetes isolates were obtained from different Petrol contaminated sites (N=40). Fifty one actinomycetes strains were able to grow on 5% crude oil containingineral salt Medium showingaximum growth at temperature 30°C and pH 7.5. They were identified on basis of cultural, morphological and biochemical characteristics as Streptomyces sp.1, Streptomyces sp.3, Streptomyces sp.2, Rhodococcus sp., Nocardia sp.2 and Nocardia sp.1. Isolates were tested for their growth potential on Mineral Salt Broth/Agar supplemented with hydrocarbons viz. Crude oil, Anthracene, Coronene, Napthacene, Acenapthene at concentrations 5%, 10% and 15% incubated for 5 days, 10 days and 15 days. All the isolates utilized the hydrocarbons as sole carbon and energy sources in an unequal rate thus suggesting genetic disimilarities in respect of oil degradation capabilities. The study clearly demonstrates that Gram-positive actinomycetes showed good growth potential on hydrocarbon as substrate and support its effective use in hydrocarbon degradation.

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