Mycorestoration of crude oil polluted soil using Pleurotus tuberregium
Crude oil contamination is known to cause unwholesome damage to man, his environment comprising of soil, air and water bodies as well as other forms of life. This study determined the effect of crude oil polluted soils on the composition of different microorganisms and plants and the growth of Pleur...
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| description | Crude oil contamination is known to cause unwholesome damage to man, his environment comprising of soil, air and water bodies as well as other forms of life. This study determined the effect of crude oil polluted soils on the composition of different microorganisms and plants and the growth of Pleurotus tuberregium. Oil polluted soils in bowls were amended with sawdust from Brachystegia nigerica as substrate. Fruiting bodies and the diameter of the mushroom cap were found to increase with increasing weeks of exposure to oil as against the control which had no fruiting bodies throughout the experiment. Pepperomia pellucida was found to be the predominant weed (n = 20), followed by Asystasia gangetica (n = 11). The bacterial and fungal counts were higher at the oil polluted soil attached to sclerotia than the control. The growth of Pleurotus tuberregium in the polluted soil samples showed its ability to degrade and utilize hydrocarbon as the source of carbon and energy, thereby remediating the contaminated soil environment. This work has shown that the fungus has bioremediation and pollution control capacity.
Article history: Received: 9 March 2021; Revised 22 May 2021; Accepted 29 May 2021; Available online 30 June 2021. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-bdc869ac14d9499296c3f6004359f17e2025-08-20T03:13:00ZengCluj University PressStudia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai. Biologia2065-95122021-06-01738410.24193/subbbiol.2021.1.0243Mycorestoration of crude oil polluted soil using Pleurotus tuberregiumBeckley IKHAJIAGBE0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2834-7447Kingsley Erhons ENERIJIOFI1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7513-4052Paul O. UMENDU2 Environmental Biotechnology and Sustainability Research Group, Department of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, University of Benin, Nigeria; Applied Environmental Bioscience and Public Health Research Group, Department of Microbiology, University of Benin, Nigeria.Department of Biological Sciences, Samuel Adegboyega University, Ogwa Edo State, Nigeria; Applied Environmental Bioscience and Public Health Research Group, Department of Microbiology, University of Benin, Nigeria. *Corresponding author: kingsmore1luv@gmail.com; kenerijiofi@sau.edu.ngEnvironmental Biotechnology and Sustainability Research Group, Department of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, University of Benin, Nigeria.Crude oil contamination is known to cause unwholesome damage to man, his environment comprising of soil, air and water bodies as well as other forms of life. This study determined the effect of crude oil polluted soils on the composition of different microorganisms and plants and the growth of Pleurotus tuberregium. Oil polluted soils in bowls were amended with sawdust from Brachystegia nigerica as substrate. Fruiting bodies and the diameter of the mushroom cap were found to increase with increasing weeks of exposure to oil as against the control which had no fruiting bodies throughout the experiment. Pepperomia pellucida was found to be the predominant weed (n = 20), followed by Asystasia gangetica (n = 11). The bacterial and fungal counts were higher at the oil polluted soil attached to sclerotia than the control. The growth of Pleurotus tuberregium in the polluted soil samples showed its ability to degrade and utilize hydrocarbon as the source of carbon and energy, thereby remediating the contaminated soil environment. This work has shown that the fungus has bioremediation and pollution control capacity. Article history: Received: 9 March 2021; Revised 22 May 2021; Accepted 29 May 2021; Available online 30 June 2021.https://studiabiologia.reviste.ubbcluj.ro/index.php/studiabio/article/view/43crude oil, environmental sustainability, pleurotus tuberregium, sawdust. |
| spellingShingle | Beckley IKHAJIAGBE Kingsley Erhons ENERIJIOFI Paul O. UMENDU Mycorestoration of crude oil polluted soil using Pleurotus tuberregium Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai. Biologia crude oil, environmental sustainability, pleurotus tuberregium, sawdust. |
| title | Mycorestoration of crude oil polluted soil using Pleurotus tuberregium |
| title_full | Mycorestoration of crude oil polluted soil using Pleurotus tuberregium |
| title_fullStr | Mycorestoration of crude oil polluted soil using Pleurotus tuberregium |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mycorestoration of crude oil polluted soil using Pleurotus tuberregium |
| title_short | Mycorestoration of crude oil polluted soil using Pleurotus tuberregium |
| title_sort | mycorestoration of crude oil polluted soil using pleurotus tuberregium |
| topic | crude oil, environmental sustainability, pleurotus tuberregium, sawdust. |
| url | https://studiabiologia.reviste.ubbcluj.ro/index.php/studiabio/article/view/43 |
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