Abstract

Toxicity of oil refinery effluent on four bacteria strains isolated from refinery effluent impacted river water sample was assessed via dehydrogenase assay. Pure cultures of the bacterial strains were exposed to various effluent concentrations [12.5 – 100% (v/v)] in a nutrient broth amended with glucose and TTC. The response of the bacterial strains to refinery effluent is concentration-dependent. At 12.5% (v/v), the effluent stimulated dehydrogenase activity in Streptococcus sp. RW3 and Pseudomonas sp. RW4. In all strains, dehydrogenase activity was progressively inhibited at concentrations greater than 12.5% (v/v). The IC50 ranges from 25.46 ± 4.75 to 31.30 ± 2.63% (v/v). The result of the in vitro study indicated that the bacterial strains are sensitive to oil refinery raw wastewater stress. Therefore, the improperly treated effluent when discharged would pose serious threat to the metabolism of the bacterial strains in natural environments.

Highlights

  • Water as resource for life on earth, has several unique properties that help make it such a necessary part of the environment

  • This study was aimed at assessing the in vitro effects of petroleum refinery wastewater on the dehydrogenase activity in bacterial species isolated from refinery effluent impacted

  • Composite mechanically and physicochemically pretreated petroleum oil refinery wastewater was collected at the inlet to the biological treatment unit (Rotary biodisk) at the Port Harcourt oil refinery complex using 5 litres polyethylene containers

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Introduction

Water as resource for life on earth, has several unique properties that help make it such a necessary part of the environment. The entire essential functions within living cells are maintained by water. Water ecosystems are as varied as their individual sites because. Revista Ambiente & Água - An Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Science: v. O. In vitro effects of petroleum refinery wastewater on dehydrogenase activity in marine bacterial strains. Ambi-Agua, Taubaté, v. 5, n. 2, p. 21-29, 2010. (doi:10.4136/ambiagua.133)

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