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Microorganisms isolated from a soil sample collected from a gasoline filling station (located in Guwahati) were tested for their pyrene- and anthracene-degrading potential. Preliminary studies showed the ability of the organism to grow on carbon-free mineral medium (CFMM) supplemented with pyrene as the sole source of carbon. The organisms were found to produce a bioemulsifier when grown on CFMM with glucose or glycerol and/or pyrene as the carbon source. The organisms could also utilize anthracene when grown on mineral salt medium along with 2% glycerol. Within 2 d, anthracene concentration dropped less than 30% of the original concentration. Approximately 100 mg of the emulsifier was isolated from 25 mL of the 5-d-grown culture. The emulsifier was tested to produce emulsion with both an aliphatic and an aromatic group of hydrocarbons and resulting emulsions were found to be stable for a long period of time when keptat 10–15°C. The emulsifier was also quite stable in a pH range of 3.0–11.0. In a concentration range of 0.5–10 mg/mL, it resulted in a linear increment of apparent pyrene and anthracene solubility in water.
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Mahanty, B., Pakshirajan, K. & Dasu, V.V. Production and properties of a biosurfactant applied to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon solubilization. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 134, 129–141 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1385/ABAB:134:2:129
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