Bioaugmentation of Crude Oil Contamination

Alternaria tenuis, Aspergillus ramosus and Ulocladium atrum were isolated from contaminated soil from Riyadh Refinery, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, using dilution plate method and identified according to microculture technique. The bioaugmentation potential of the isolated fungi was evaluated using flasks containing mineral liquid media different concentrations of crude oil. A. ramosus able to grow and degrade crude oil more than the other tested fungi. The potential fungi to be bioaugmentation for removing crude oil contamination, so this can be a satisfactory tool to evaluate the potential of the tested fungi to remediate crude oil contamination in Saudi Arabia.