Enzyme booster technology for advanced decontamination of petroleum hydrocarbons
OwnerSatinder Kaur Brar, Saba Miri +1inventors
InventorsSatinder Kaur Brar, Saba Miri, Seyyed Mohammadreza Davoodi
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Abstract
Described herein is a PAH-degrading enzyme mixture obtained from a culture of PAH-utilizing microorganisms having been grown in presence of one or more enzyme inducers. Related methods and devices are also described.
Claims27
A polyaromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)-degrading enzyme mixture obtained from a culture of PAH-utilizing microorganisms having been grown in presence of one or more enzyme inducers.
A method for tailoring a polyaromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)-degrading enzyme mixture for a selected contaminated site for bioremediation, the method comprising:
- isolating indigenous PAH-utilizing microorganisms from the contaminated site,
- culturing the microorganisms in the presence of one or more enzyme inducers,
- extracting enzymes from the culture, and
- applying the enzymes to the contaminated site.
A jellyfish-like device for bioremediation of a contaminated water site, the device comprising:
- an enzyme reservoir containing PAH-degrading enzymes, and
- a hollow fiber module in fluid communication with the enzyme reservoir,
- wherein the hollow fiber module is permeable to PAHs but not to the PAH-degrading enzymes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.