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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2008
Edwin R. Hendrickson, Hockessin, DE (US);
Raymond E. Jackson, Newark, DE (US);
Sharon JO Keeler, Bear, DE (US);
Abigail K. Luckring, West Chester, PA (US);
Michael P. Perry, Landenberg, PA (US);
Sheryl Wolstenholme, Elkton, MD (US);
Edwin R. Hendrickson, Hockessin, DE (US);
Raymond E. Jackson, Newark, DE (US);
Sharon Jo Keeler, Bear, DE (US);
Abigail K. Luckring, West Chester, PA (US);
Michael P. Perry, Landenberg, PA (US);
Sheryl Wolstenholme, Elkton, MD (US);
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to isolation, identification and application ofstrain AL9:8 which grows on crude oil as the sole carbon source under denitrifying anaerobic conditionsstrain AL9:8 can be used alone or in concert with other microorganisms to improve oil recovery, bioremediation of oil or hydrocarbons in contaminated soil, ground water or bodies of water, such as lakes, rivers or oceans and/or applying to method for promoting oil pipeline maintenance, removing a build up hydrocarbon on the intersurfaces of the pipeline.