Research Article

Bioremediation of Oil-Contaminated Soils of the Zhanazhol Deposit from West Kazakhstan by Pseudomonas mendocina H-3

Table 7

Group composition of the organic part of the soil contaminated with oil from the Zhanazhol field before and after the introduction of a cell suspension of Pseudomonas mendocina H-3.

Group compositionOrganic part of oil-contaminated soil
InitialAfter 6 months

Oils (wt. %):
 Paraffin-naphthenic32.927.7
 Monocycloaromatic1.45.4
 Bicycloaromatic0.32.9
 Polycycloaromatic15.61.4
 Total50.237.4
Resins (wt. %):
 Benzene33.12.4
 Alcohol-benzene8.239.0
 Total41.341.4
Asphaltenes8.521.2