Research Article

Profiling of Indigenous Biosurfactant-Producing Bacillus Isolates in the Bioremediation of Soil Contaminated by Petroleum Products and Olive Oil

Table 1

Results of pH, conductivity, water percent and TPH content.

DistrictsSoil samplespHConductivity (µs/cm)Water percent (g/L)TPH content (g/kg) of soil

BacongoB18.50 ± 0.2538.46 ± 0.3547.31 ± 1.8195.9
B28.20 ± 0.1633.86 ± 1.2242.66 ± 2.05190
B37.90 ± 0.2437.42 ± 1.3646.00 ± 0.01187

OuenzeO17.20 ± 0.2527.0 ± 0.440.00 ± 0.21112
O26.80 ± 0.4523.00 ± 0.2835.00 ± 0.02142
O37.75 ± 0.3725.73 ± 0.5141.00 ± 0.81128

TalangaiT18.73 ± 0.3342.37 ± 0.2464.00 ± 2.94141
T28.67 ± 0.3243.42 ± 0.1263.00 ± 0.28152
T38.60 ± 0.3140.00 ± 0.2560.00 ± 0.30127

MfilouM18.30 ± 0.3231.90 ± 0.9341.00 ± 0.47139
M28.3 ± 0.029.40 ± 0.3242.00 ± 0.34154
M38.60 ± 0.5425.0 ± 1.239.00 ± 0.37126