Petroleum Hydrocarbon Bioremediation Using Native Fungal Isolates and Consortia

Figure 5

Quantitative degradation estimated by HPLC, of % LMWHs/total PAHs, % HMWHs/total PAHs, and % degradation of total PAHs using pure and mixed fungal cultures. SE is presented as a vertical bar above each mean. The same letters indicate that there is no significant difference in % of LMWHs and HMWHs/total PAHs and % degradation of PAHs 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.