Biodegradation of diesel oil by cold-adapted bacterial strains of Arthrobacter spp. from Antarctica

• Main Authors: Abdulrasheed, Mansur, Zakaria, Nur Nadhirah, Ahmad Roslee, Ahmad Fareez, Shukor, Mohd Yunus, Zulkharnain, Azham, Napis, Suhaimi, Convey, Peter, Gonzalez-Rocha, Gerardo, Ahmad, Siti Aqlima
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2020
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Bushnell; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/88030/; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/88030/1/ABSTRACT.pdf; https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antarctic-science/article/biodegradation-of-diesel-oil-by-coldadapted-bacterial-strains-of-arthrobacter-spp-from-antarctica/93A5CD6F8BD75C505B7A17D9662823DD

Bioremediation has been proposed as a means of dealing with oil spills on the continent. However, the introduction of non-native organisms, including microbes, even for this purpose would appear to breach the terms of the Environmental Protocol to the Antarctic Treaty. This study therefore aimed to...