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dc.date.accessioned | 2022-03-24T13:57:03Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2022-03-24T13:57:03Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2007 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Zerafa, M. (2007). Bioremediation of fuel oil sludge (Bachelor's dissertation). | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/92238 | - |
dc.description | B.Sc. (Hons)(Melit.) | en_GB |
dc.description.abstract | In this study two different types of bacteria were tested for their oil degrading properties. One bacterial consortium, Acinetobacter calcoaceticus, was obtained from the culture collection at NCIMB Ltd. while the other was extracted from the oily sludge itself and termed as 'sludge indigenous'. The two bacterial strains were grown on standard Trypton Soy Broth bottles and agar plates. Experiments were carried out with oily sludge being the sole carbon source with the addition of nutrients and surfactant (Tween 80). Acinetobacter calcoaceticus proved to have good oil degrading properties on the contrary to the 'sludge indigenous' strain which did not achieve significant degradation. Acinetobacter calcoaceticus showed a decrease of 16.97% of the extractable fraction of the sludge over a period of 35 days as opposed to the insignificant change obtained with the indigenous bacterial strain over the same time period. | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess | en_GB |
dc.subject | Bioremediation | en_GB |
dc.subject | Petroleum as fuel | en_GB |
dc.subject | Bacteria | en_GB |
dc.title | Bioremediation of fuel oil sludge | en_GB |
dc.type | bachelorThesis | en_GB |
dc.rights.holder | The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder. | en_GB |
dc.publisher.institution | University of Malta | en_GB |
dc.publisher.department | Faculty of Science | en_GB |
dc.description.reviewed | N/A | en_GB |
dc.contributor.creator | Zerafa, Matthew (2007) | - |
Appears in Collections: | Dissertations - FacSci - 1965-2014 |
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