Free-Living Dinitrogen-Fixing Bacteria Isolated from Petroleum Refinery Oily Sludge
AUTOR(ES)
Laguerre, Gisele
RESUMO
Dinitrogen-fixing activity (acetylene reduction and 15N2 fixation) was found in an oily sludge originating from a petroleum refinery. Two representative dinitrogen-fixing bacterial strains were isolated from this oily waste. Their nitrogenase activity was effective when they were cultivated on sterilized sludge or simple carbon substrates (organic acid salts, sugars). Using the classical methods, these strains could not be unambiguously related to other diazotrophic taxa. The landfarming process is widely used for oily sludge disposal; this study shows that oily sludges are more than a simple carbon input into the soil but that they must also be considered as real sources of dinitrogen-fixing and probably degradative microorganisms.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
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