Biodispersion as a method for removal of hydrocarbon oil from marine aqueous environments

Abstract

A method for removal of free-floating oil from an aqueous environment by bio-dispersion and bio-utilization comprising the steps of: (i) isolating species or strain of bacteria having an ability to utilize hydrocarbons as the only source of carbon; (ii) admixing the bacterium with a fatty substance and hydrocarbon oil to form an oleophilic suspension of the bacterium; (iii) applying the oleophilic suspension of bacteria to a free floating oil in an aqueous environment to disperse and remove free-floating oil therefrom. An oleophilic suspension comprising a fatty substance and a physiologically active bacterial culture of hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria for removing free floating oil from an aqueous environment by bio-dispersion followed by bio-utilization.

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