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AssigneeAlfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum Fuer Polar-Und Meeresforschung
InventorsElisabeth Helmke, Birte Gerdes, Jutta Juergens, Kristine Reuter
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A bacterial mixture usable in an inoculum usable in a bioremediateion method for accelerated biological degradation of petroleum hydrocarbons in a sea ice-covered polar region includes a plurality of isolated cold-adapted autochthonous bacterial strains. Each of the bacterial strains has petroleum hydrocarbons degrading activity at an ambient temperature of −3° C. and each has a different temperature tolerance range, a different salinity tolerance range, a different petroleum hydrocarbons degradation spectrum, and a different capacity to emulsify oil.
An enviromental friendly carrier material comprising a bacterial mixture capable of accelerated biological degradation of petroleum hydrocarbons in a sea ice-covered polar region, the bacterial mixture comprising a plurality of isolated different cold-adapted autochthonous bacterial strains each having petroleum hydrocarbons degrading activity at an ambient temperature of −3° C. and each having a different temperature tolerance range, a different salinity tolerance range, a different petroleum hydrocarbons degradation spectrum, and a different capacity to emulsify oil, wherein the bacterial mixture is immobilized on the carrier material, and wherein bacterial the bacterial mixture comprises at least one isolated bacterial strain selected from the group consisting of Rhodococcus GH-t deposited with the German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures Depository in Braunschweig, Germany (DSMZ) and assigned accession number DSM 18943;
An enviromental friendly carrier material comprising a bacterial mixture capable of accelerated biological degradation of petroleum hydrocarbons in a sea ice-covered polar region at an ambient temperature of −3° C., the bacterial mixture being obtained by isolating dominant bacterial strains that are enriched in a laboratory mesocosm setup over a period of 12 to 36 months, the mesocosm being prepared with sea ice from a current or potential contamination site, artificially contaminated with crude oil, supplied with nutrients, and incubated at −3° C., wherein the bacterial mixture immobilized on the carrier material.
An enviromental friendly carrier material comprising a bacterial mixture capable of accelerated biological degradation of petroleum hydrocarbons in a sea ice-covered polar region, the bacterial mixture comprising a plurality of isolated different cold-adapted autochthonous bacterial strains each having petroleum hydrocarbons degrading activity at an ambient temperature of −3° C., and each having a different temperature tolerance range, a different salinity tolerance range, a different petroleum hydrocarbons degradation spectrum, and a different capacity to emulsify oil, wherein the bacterial mixture immobilized on the carrier material, and wherein the bacterial mixture comprises each of:
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