BACTERIA CAPABLE OF DEGRADING MULTIPLE PETROLEUM COMPOUNDS IN SOLUTION IN AQUEOUS EFFLUENTS AND PROCESS FOR TREATING SAID EFFLUENTS

摘要

The present invention relates to new bacteria Rhodococcus wratislaviensis CNCM 1-4088, or Rhodococcus aetherivorans CNCM 1-4089 capable of degrading multiple petroleum compounds in solution in aqueous effluents. The invention also relates to a method for treating aqueous effluents comprising a complex mixture of substances containing native hydrocarbons of gasolines and additives present in gasolines or gas oil in which said bacteria are grown under aerobic conditions in the presence of a growth substrate containing said mixture as a carbon source and at least partially degrading said mixture by the bacterium to the ultimate degradation products, carbon dioxide, water and biomass.