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http://dx.doi.org/10.5322/JES.2008.17.7.795

Application of Effective Microorganisms for Bioremediation of Crude Oil Spill in Taean, Korea  

Lee, Eun-Ju (School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University)
Lee, Sang-Mo (National Instrumentation Center for Environmental Management, Seoul National University)
Lee, Gun-Taek (National Instrumentation Center for Environmental Management, Seoul National University)
Kim, In-Sung (School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University)
Kim, Yong-Hak (School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University)
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Journal of Environmental Science International / v.17, no.7, 2008 , pp. 795-799 More about this Journal
Abstract
We have studied bioremediation of effective microorganisms on crude oil spill in Taean, west-coast of Korea. Oil contaminated soil samples were collected on December 14, 2007, seven days after the Hebei Spirit oil-spilled accident. Total petroleum hydrocarbon (TPH) was measured to evaluate the effectiveness of effective microorganisms (EM) which were composed with yeast, photosynthetic bacteria and lactic acid bacteria on oil degradation. TPH concentration before EM treatment was 323.8 mg/kg, whereas TPH concentrations on 2 days after EM treatment and that of control (without EM) was 102.1 mg/kg and 170.6 mg/kg, respectively. On six days after EM treatment TPH was 91.3 mg/kg and that of control was 127.7 mg/kg. Percentages of degraded crude oil were 47.3% without EM and 68.5% with EM, 60.6% without EM and 71.8% with EM on 2 and 6 days after EM treatment, respectively. These results clearly showed that the application of effective microorganisms toward oil-contaminated soil was quite useful to degrade crude oil spill. These results were derived from the effects of biostimulation of microbial media nutrients and bioaugmentation of effective microorganisms. If we carefully apply these effective microorganisms, it can be a useful bioremediation method to recover oil-contaminated marine ecosystems.
Keywords
Effective microorganisms; Bioremediation; Crude oil spill; Taean; Hebei Spirit;
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