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Bioremediation and Accelerated Phytoremediation of a Soil Impacted by a Hydrocarbons Mixture

Esquivel-Miranda Nalyen, Juan Luis Ignacio-De la Cruz, Ramon Godínez-Pacheco, Kingsley Erhons Enerijiofi, Juan Manuel Sánchez-Yañez

International Journal of Plant & Soil Science · pp. 58–66 · Published 15 Dec 2023

10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i234216

Abstract

Waste motor oil (WMO), without adequate final confinement, is spill in agricultural soil, there, it easily exceeds 4400 ppm according to the Mexican standard NOM-138-SEMARNAT/SSA1-2012; a concentration that causes loss of fertility. The aims of this research were: i) biostimulation of agricultural soil impacted by 39,000 ppm of WMO with Triton X-100/Tween 80 at 0.5% and mineral solution:  ii) phytoremediation by Phaseolus vulgaris enhanced with Methylobacterium symbioticum and Xanthobacter autotrophicus to reduce WMO at lower concentration than the maximum accepted by NOM-138-SEMARNAT/SSA1-2021.  The response variables were: a) the initial and final concentration of WMO by Soxhlet, and b) P. vulgaris: germination percentage; phenology and biomass at seedling and pre-flowering stages. The experimental data were analyzed by ANOVA/Tukey 0.05%, with the program Statgraphics Centurion XVI. II. The results showed that biostimulation of soil impacted by 39,000 ppm of WMO with Triton X-100/Tween 80 at 50%, and a mineral solution, decreased to 26,990 ppm in 25 days. Subsequently, phytoremediation by sowing P. vulgaris with M. symbioticum and X. autotrophicus, at pre-flowering reduced WMO to 1233 ppm in 50 days, a concentration lower than the maximum, accepted by NOM-138-SEMARNAT/SSA1-2012. This supports that is possible to accelerate biostimulation and phytoremediation reduced WMO in the agriculture soil to recover its productive capacity.

Soil hydrocarbons emulsification oxidation legume endophytic plant growth promoting bacteria

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