BIODEGRADATION OF CYCLOHEXANOL BY BACTERIA ISOLATED FROM OIL SPILLED SOIL AROUND VANDAVASI

摘要

The hydrocarbon degrading organisms were isolated from the oil spilled area in and around Vandavasi and identified bacterial and fungal species such as Pseudomonas, Bacillus, Micrococcus, Aspergillus, Rhizopus, Mucor and Pencillium. The ability to degrade cyclohexanol in pure and mixed cultures were tested in the laboratory condition by Using turbidometry growth curves and the degraded hydrocarbons using thin layer chromatography. Of all the isolates Pseudomonas sp. showed higher degrading ability (68.8%) than others (Bacillus sp. 54.64%, Micrococcus sp. 44.1 %) equalling to mixed cultures (81.1%).