The Study of the Phytoremediation Efficiency of Crude Oil Contaminated Soil by Inoculating the Soil with Brachybacterium muris and Pseudomonas putida

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1 Persian Gulf and Oman Sea Ecological Research Institute, Iranian fisheries science Research Institute, Agricultural Education and Extension Research Organization, Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan, Iran

2 Soil Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Zanjan University of Zanjan, Zanjan, Iran.

Abstract

Petroleum products are considered to be the most widely used and expensive chemicals in the modern world, but pollution from the extraction and transportation of crude oil has become a global environmental problem. In this experiment, the efficiency of phytoremediation, bioremediation and bio-enhanced phytoremediation in removing crude oil from soil was investigated. For this purpose, a factorial experiment was performed in a completely randomized design with three replications. Factors include three levels of soil oil pollution (zero, 4 and 8% by weight), four plant treatments (without plants, bermudagras (Cynodon dactylon), sorghum (Bicolor Sorghum) and barley (Hordeum vulgare)) and three bacterial treatments (without bacteria). Were native bacteria (Brachybacterium muris) and non-native bacteria (Pseudomonas putida). The results showed that the percentage of crude oil removal by plant cultivation, soil inoculation with bacteria and combined application of plant and bacteria increased significantly compared to the control. Plant culture was more effective than bacterial inoculation in reducing the concentration of petroleum products and the efficiency of bacteria increased significantly with plant culture. At each level of contamination, the highest percentage of oil removal was observed with the combined application of sorghum and Brachybacterium muris. In all plant treatments, the highest oil removal percentage was measured at 4% oil pollution and Brachybacterium muris inoculation. Oil pollution significantly reduced leaf dry weight and chlorophyll concentration, but the use of bacteria (especially native bacteria) significantly reduced the negative effects of oil pollution on plants compared to non-inoculation treatments. Oil pollution increased the proline concentration in the leaves of plants and decreased the proline concentration with the use of native bacteria. Establishment of plant with microorganisms can be considered as a key component of the strategy to remove hydrocarbons. Consequently, these bacterial and plant species can be used for the biodegradation of soils contaminated with crude oil.

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Iranian Journal of Soil and Water Research
Volume 53, Issue 1
April 2022
Pages 171-187

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