Petroleum Hydrocarbon Bioremediation Using Native Fungal Isolates and Consortia

Figure 4

% degradation of n-paraffins, isoparaffins, and total SHs, estimated by GC, upon using pure and mixed fungal cultures corresponding to untreated control. SE is presented as a vertical bar above each mean. The same letters indicate that there is no significant difference in % degradation (of n-paraffin, isoparaffin, and SHs) in samples treated with different pure and mixed fungal cultures regarding Duncan’s multiple range tests at  < 0.05. FC1 = mixed culture of Penicillium chrysogenum and Curvularia brachyspora, FC2 = mixed culture of Scopulariopsis brevicaulis and Stemphylium botryosum, and FC3 = mixed culture of Scopulariopsis brevicaulis, Stemphylium botryosum, and Cladosporium sphaerospermum.