Emulsification and Degradation of Hyper-viscous Crude Oil by Pseudomonas

A bacterial strain designated as SY-3 was isolated from crude oil-polluted soil,which had the capability to degrade crude oil and produce surfactant when it was grown on a mineral medium containing crude oil as the sole carbon source,in addition to viscosity-reduction,can produce formic acid and acetic acid.The optimum conditions of viscosity-reduction were determined as initial concentration of crude oil 12g/L,4g/L mixture of ammonium nitrate...