Claims
- 1. A process for removal of three-ringed and four-ringed polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from waste water and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon contaminated sites using white-rot lignin modifying fungus strain Flavodon flavus which has been deposited at Agricultural Research Service Culture Collection (NRRL), 1815 North University Street, Peoria, Ill. 61604, USA bearing accession number NRRL 30302 on Mar. 10, 2000 and also at National Institute of Oceanography, Goa 403 004, India, bearing accession No. NIOCC #312, said process comprising: (a) growing the white rot strain Flavodon flavus in any conventional nutrient medium containing assimilable carbon and nitrogen source for at least 7 days; (b) contacting the said water/sites contaminated by three-ringed and four-ringed polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with 7-day old heat-killed or live fungal bio-mass of Flavodon flavus under oxygenated conditions with salinity ranging between 0 to 15 parts per thousand, for a minimum period of 3 to 6 days and, (c) removing said heat-killed or live fungal bio-mass by any conventional method to get the water/site devoid of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
- 2. A process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the three-ringed polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon is phenanthrene.
- 3. A process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the four-ringed polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon is chrysene.
- 4. A process is claimed in claim 1 wherein, the carbon source for growing the fungus used is glucose at 10% concentration.
- 5. A process is claimed in claim 1, wherein the nitrogen source used for growing the fungus is low nitrogen source.
- 6. A process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the nitrogen source is ammonium tartrate.
- 7. A process is claimed in claim 1, wherein the age of the said fungal culture is at least 7 days to get maximum removal of phenanthrene or chrysene.
- 8. A process is claimed in claims 1 to 4 wherein, the said fungus can be used as live or heat-killed culture.
- 9. A process is claimed in claim 1, wherein the removal of phenanthrene or chrysene can be done in the presence of seawater.
- 10. A process is claimed in claim 1, wherein, the pre-grown fungal culture should be in contact with phenanthrene or chrysene for a minimum of 7 days for effective removal.
- 11. A process is claimed in claim 1, wherein live or heat-killed Flavodon flavus fungus can be immobilized in polyurathene foam cubes and used for removal of phenanthrene or chrysene from any medium.
- 12. A process is claimed in claim 1, wherein culture filtrate from the live culture of the said fungus can be used for removal of phenanthrene or chrysene.
Parent Case Info
[0001] The present application is a continuation-in-part application of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/456,559 which has been accepted and wherein a novel strain “Flavodon flavus” has been identified and which has been deposited at Agricultural Research Service Culture Collection (NRRL), 1815 North University Street, Peoria, Ill. 61604, USA bearing accession number NRRL 30302 on Mar. 10, 2000 and has also been deposited at National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa 403 004, India bearing accession number NIOCC # 312.
Continuation in Parts (1)
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Number |
Date |
Country |
Parent |
09456559 |
Dec 1999 |
US |
Child |
10124579 |
Apr 2002 |
US |