Biodegradation potentiality of psychrophilic bacterial strain Oleispira antarctica RB-8(T)

The present study is focused on assessing the growth and hydrocarbon-degrading capability of the psychrophilic strain Oleispira antarctica RB-8(T). This study considered six hydrocarbon mixtures that were tested for 22 days at two different cultivation temperatures (4 and 15 degrees C). During the incubation period, six sub-aliquots of each culture at different times were processed for total bacterial abundance and GC-FID (gas chromatography flame ionization detection) hydrocarbon analysis.