@article{
author = "Novaković, Milan and Ramadan, Muftah Mohamed Ali and Šolević-Knudsen, Tatjana and Antić, Mališa and Beskoski, Vladimir and Gojgić-Cvijović, Gordana and Vrvić, Miroslav M. and Jovančićević, Branimir",
year = "2012",
abstract = "Phenanthrene and methyl-phenanthrenes are major aromatic pollutants originating in particular from fuel oil. Phenanthrene is usually degraded faster than methyl-phenanthrenes under geological and environmental conditions. Here, we report a preferential and accelerated biodegradation of methyl-phenanthrenes versus phenanthrene in soil contaminated by fuel oil. The polluted soil was mixed with sawdust and sand to form a homogenized biopile. The biopile was continuously sprayed with microbial consortia isolated from crude oil-contaminated soil and treated by biosurfactants and nutritive substances for biostimulation. During a 6-month bioremediation experiment, a steady increase in the relative abundance of phenanthrene compared to methyl-phenathrenes was observed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The increase was the highest for trimethyl-phenanthrenes, with a phenanthrene/trimethyl-phenanthrenes ratio increasing from 0.42 to 2.45. By contrast, the control, non-stimulated samples showed a ratio decrease from 0.85 to 0.11. Moreover, the results showed that the level of degradability depends on the number of methyl groups.",
publisher = "Springer Heidelberg, Heidelberg",
journal = "Environmental Chemistry Letters",
title = "Degradation of methyl-phenanthrene isomers during bioremediation of soil contaminated by residual fuel oil",
pages = "294-287",
number = "3",
volume = "10",
doi = "10.1007/s10311-012-0354-6"
}