Isolation of naphthalene degrading bacteria from oily contaminated soils

Abstract EN

Twenty bacterial isolates capable of utilizing naphthalene, as the sole source of carbon and energy for growth were isolated from three oily polluted soil from different sites in Hilla city.

by standard bacteriological methods, these bacteria were identified as belonging to the species Pseudomonas aeruginosa Burkholderia cepacia and Aeromonas media.

The first two genera demonstrated the highest growth during incubation period as indicated by an increase in their optical density (OD600).

There were also changes in the medium pH during seven days of incubation .