| Title |
A Novel Method to Assess the Aerobic Gasoline Degradation by Indigenous Soil Microbial Community using Microbial Diversity Information |
| Authors |
황서윤(Hwang, Seoyun) ; 이나리(Lee, Nari) ; 권혜지(Kwon, Hyeji) ; 박준홍(Park, Joonhong) |
| DOI |
https://doi.org/10.12652/Ksce.2016.36.5.0839 |
| Keywords |
유류오염 토양;정화능력 평가;미생물 다양성;상관관계 분석 Oil-Contaminated soil;Remediation assessment;Microbial diversity;Correlation analysis |
| Abstract |
Since oil leakage is one of the most common nonpoint pollution sources that contaminate soil in Korea, the capacity of soil microbial community for degrading petroleum hydrocarbons should be considered to assess the functional value of soil resource. However, conventional methods (e.g., microcosm experiments) to assess the remediation capacity of soil microbial community are costly and time-consuming to cover large area. The present study suggests a new approach to assess the toluene remediation capacity of soil microbial community using a microbial diversity index, which is a simpler detection method than measuring degradation rate. The results showed that Shannon index of microbial community were correlated with specific degradation rate ($V_{max}$), a degradation factor. Subsequently, a correlation equation was generated and applied to Michaelis-Menten kinetics. These results will be useful to conveniently assess the remediation capacity of soil microbial community and can be widely applied to diverse engineering fields including environment-friendly construction engineering fields. |