Volume 4, Issue 4

Bioremediation of Petroleum Effluent by Freshwater Microalgae

Author

D. Samanthakamani* and N. Thangaraju

Abstract

Freshwater green microalgae Chlorella vulgaris Beyerinck , Scenedesmus
quadricauda, Chlamyomonas reinhardtii and bluegreen microalgae Nostoc
muscorum,Anabaena ambigua ,Oscillatoria animalis, Oscillatoria sancta,
Spirulina maxima and Spirulina platensis were obtained from Culture
Collection of Algae, Centre for Advanced Studies in Botany, University of
Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai-600025. These microalgae screened for
petroleum effluent utilization as carbon source on agar salt medium. The
microalgae Scenedesmus quadricauda, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii,
Chlorella vulgaris Beyerinck and bluegreen microalgae Anabaena ambigua,
Nostoc muscorum, Oscillatoria animalis ,Oscillatoria sancta, Spirulina
maxima and Spirulina platensis showed better growth.Scenedesmus
quadricauda ,Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, Chlorella vulgaris Beyerinck and
bluegreen microalgae Anabaena ambigua, Nostoc muscorum, Oscillatoria
animalis and Oscillatoria sancta they were selected for further petroleum
biodegradation studies. These microalgae degraded petroleum effluent levels
in culture medium studies.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.62226/ijarst20150431

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