PAHs biodegradation by Pseudomonas sp. KM1

ENVR 191

Man Kim, parkjeo1@jnu.ac.kr, Hae-Young Kim, and Jeong-Hun Park, parkjeo1@jnu.ac.kr. Dept. of Environmental Eng, Chonnam National University, Gwangu, South Korea
Pseudomonas sp. KM1 was separated from soil contaminated by petroleum and identified. Sorption and desorption of PAHs in soil was performed. Biodegradation of PAHs was performed using Pseudomonas sp. KM1 in soil slurry systems. Pseudomonas sp. KM1 could degrade 7 PAHs including naphthalene, acenaphthylene, acenaphthene, fluorene, phenanthrene, pyrene and fluoranthene. These mixed PAHs were easily degraded within one day except fluoranthene, which was degraded much slower, taking several days by this isolated bacteria. Pseudomonas sp. KM1 is a good candidate for bioremediation of PAHs contaminated soils.

 

General Papers
6:00 PM-8:00 PM, Wednesday, 13 September 2006 Moscone Center -- Hall D, Poster

Division of Environmental Chemistry

The 232nd ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September 10-14, 2006