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 novel Rhodococcus wratislaviensis CNCM I-4088 bacteria, or Rhodococcus aetherivorans CNCM I-4089 bacteria, capable of degrading multiple petroleum compounds in solution in aqueous effluents. The invention also relates to a process for treating aqueous effluents comprising a complex mixture of substances containing native hydrocarbons of petrol and additives present in petrol or diesel, in which process said bacteria are grown under aerobic conditions in the presence of a growth substrate containing said mixture as carbon source and said mixture is at least partially degraded by the bacteria until the final degradation products, which are carbon dioxide, water and the biomass, are obtained.