Biosurfactant and Degradative Enzymes Mediated Crude Oil Degradation by Bacterium A1.

In this work, the biodegradation of the crude oil by the potential biosurfactant producing A1 was investigated. The isolate had the ability to synthesize degradative enzymes such as alkane hydroxylase and alcohol dehydrogenase at the time of biodegradation of hydrocarbon. The biosurfactant producing conditions were optimized as pH 7.