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Oilseed rapemeal as a novel biosupport for combined absorption and biodegradation of spilled oil
Summary
Sector:
Cereals & Oilseeds
Project code:
PROS38
Date:
01 October 1998 - 31 December 1998
Funders:
AHDB Cereals & Oilseeds.
AHDB sector cost:
£8,755 From HGCA (Project No. 1777)
Project leader:
N Moult, J G Burgess and A Wilkinson Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh
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Abstract
Two varieties of oilseed rapemeal were used to investigate the feasibility of this industrial by-product being used as a support for oil degrading bacterial consortia - Glucosinolate containing oilseed rapemeal (GORM) and glucosinolate free oilseed rapemeal (ORM). Research was carried out on the effect rapemeal has on the ability of oil degrading bacteria to degrade a variety of hydrocarbons under seawater conditions. This was done using the bacterial consortia naturally occurring in ORM & GORM and consortium WD-7 (isolated from Cormorant North Sea Crude Oil by Maria Piedad Diaz).
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