A master's thesis at the University of Basrah, College of Education / Qurna discussed (stimulating the biodegradability of hydrocarbon compounds with Bacillus pumulis isolated from soil contaminated with crude oil in the Fao district - southern Iraq) by researcher Maher Abdel Sattar Jaber
The study dealt with collecting samples of soil contaminated with crude oil from Al-Faw district, Basra Governorate, southern Iraq. The soil texture was studied and the concentrations of petroleum hydrocarbons present in these samples were estimated.
The study included the isolation of microorganisms (bacteria), the isolation was diagnosed genetically at the level of the 16S_rRNA ribosomal gene, where the results of the bacterial isolation showed that it belongs to the genus Bacillus pumilus, FB1, and the environmental factors affecting the bioremediation, which include nitrogen and phosphate source, pH and temperature, were investigated during the study.
