Isolation and Characterization of Phenol-Degrading Psychrotolerant Yeasts.

In this study, the potential of selected psychrotolerant yeast strains for phenol biodegradation was studied. From 39 strains isolated from soil and water samples from Rucianka peat bog, three psychrotolerant yeast strains, A01, B02, and L01, showed the ability to degrade phenol. The result shows that all three yeast strains could degrade phenol at 500 and 750 mg l concentration, whereas strains A01 and L01 could degrade phenol at 1000 mg l concentration.