Bioremediation potential of Sorghum bicolor

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Doklady Bashkirskogo Universiteta. 2018. Volume 3. No. 4. pp. 390-396.

Authors

Dubrovskaya E.*
Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants and Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences
13 Entuziastov Avenue, 410049 Saratov, Russia
Muratova A.
Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants and Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences
13 Entuziastov Avenue, 410049 Saratov, Russia
Pozdnyakova N.
Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants and Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences
13 Entuziastov Avenue, 410049 Saratov, Russia
Grinev V.
Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants and Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences
13 Entuziastov Avenue, 410049 Saratov, Russia
Golubev S.
Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants and Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences
13 Entuziastov Avenue, 410049 Saratov, Russia
Bondarenkova A.
Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants and Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences
13 Entuziastov Avenue, 410049 Saratov, Russia
Turkovskaya O.
Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants and Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences
13 Entuziastov Avenue, 410049 Saratov, Russia

Abstract

The promise of use of Sorghum bicolor for the phytoremediation of hydrocarbon-contaminated soils was shown in pot and field experiments to bedue to the plant’s endo- and extracellular enzyme activity and ability to selectively maintain degradative microorganisms in its root zone.

Keywords

  • Sorghum bicolor
  • phytoremediation
  • diesel fuel
  • PAH
  • anthraquinone dyes
  • peroxidase
  • degradative microorganisms
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