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Method for bio-assisted treatment of hydrocarbon contaminated soil

US8980619B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17Claims

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Assignee

Indian Oil Corporation Limited · IN

Inventors

Manoj Kumar Upreti · Barwala, IN
Harinder Kaur Dua · Barwala, IN
Mahendra Pratap Singh · Faridabad, IN
Arvind Pratap Singh · Bachra, IN
Ravinder Kumar Malhotra · Faridabad, IN
Ram Prakash Verma · Mumbai, IN

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 18, 2006
Grant date	Mar 17, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 18, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC12R2001/40
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Provided is a method of treating a hydrocarbon-contaminated soil/gravel with a blend of microbes by adding a first microbe selected from the group consisting of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain IOCX, Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain IOC DHT and mixtures thereof to a hydrocarbon-contaminated soil/gravel to release the hydrocarbon; and adding a second microbe selected from the group consisting of Pseudomonas putida strain IOC5al, Pseudomonas putida strain IOCRl, Bacillus subtlis and a mixture thereof to degrade the released hydrocarbon.

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