Folia Microbiologica 2001
High-temperature hydrocarbon biodegradation activities in Kuwaiti desert soil samples.
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Soil samples taken monthly from the Burgan South oil field of Kuwait for one year degraded crude oil, phenanthrene, and hexadecane. Bacteria were better degraders at high-temperature (55 degrees C) than fungi, especially in the drier, hotter months. Depending on the period of sampling, bacteria degraded hydrocarbons in the range of 46-86% (crude oil), 42-100% (hexadecane) and 5-58% (phenanthrene). Fungi alone accounted for degradation by 20-81% (crude oil), 30-95% (hexadecane) and less than 55% (phenanthrene).