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The chapter focuses on the roles that plants, hydrocarbon degrading microorganisms and biosurfactants produced by them play in petroleum contaminated soils. Consortia of hydrocarbon degrading bacteria including Rhodobacter fascians AZCC 1501, Alcaligenes feacalis AZCC 1164,A. feacalis AZCC 1165,A. eutrophus AZCC 1171, Bacillus subtilis AZCC 1288 and B. subtilis AZCC 1289 were used as high producers of biosurfactants. Enhanced degradation of added Absheron oil occurred in the rhizosphere of alfalfa, Artemisia fragrans and perennial ryegrass, and a significant decrease in oil concentration was detected in the presence of microbial consortia and liquid biosurfactant. It was noted that biosurfactant facilitated Artemisia rhizodegradation had a higher degradative potential than that of alfalfa and ryegrass plants.
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Akhundova, E., Atakishiyeva, Y. (2015). Interaction Between Plants and Biosurfactant Producing Microorganisms in Petroleum Contaminated Absheron Soils. In: Öztürk, M., Ashraf, M., Aksoy, A., Ahmad, M. (eds) Phytoremediation for Green Energy. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7887-0_7
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