Occurrence of fungi degrading aromatic hydrocarbons in activated sludge biocenoses

Anna Grabińska-Łoniewska, Tomasz Słomczyński, Elżbieta Pajor, Katarzyna Kołosowska

Abstract


A set of 21 strains of yeast-like microorganisms isolated from biocenoses of aerobic and anaerobic wastewater treatment systems were assayed for their ability to utilize aromatic hydrocarbons as a sole C-source. Basing on the achieved results, the highly biochemically active strains for application in enhancing of wastewaters and exhaust gases purification as well as soil bioremediation were selected.

Keywords


yeast-like microorganisms; biodegradation; aromatic hydrocarbons

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5586/am.1996.006

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  • 2353-074X (online)
  • 0001-625X (print; ceased since 2015)
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