journalINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH SCISVolume 2 Issue 3MultidisciplinaryEnglish2020NNY20201010ArticleSTUDIES ON CONSORTIUM OF MARINE OIL DEGRADING BACTERIA FOR DEGRADATION OF HIGH SPEED DIESEL (HSD)EnglishY2229NamrataKamble1*EnglishNChitraPawar1EnglishYRajamani Mohanram1 and SusanTitus1EnglishY10.47062/1190.0203.03Three bacterial strains namely RM1, RM2 and RM3 were isolated from oil polluted site of Mumbai harbor and were explored for growth on HSD as sole source of carbon and energy in four different combinations. Parameters investigated were growth of bacteria by optical density measurement along with viable count, production of bio-surfactant/ bio-emulsifier, its biochemical characterization and percent degradation of diesel by gravimetric method. Consortium A consisting of RM1 and RM2 degraded 52.56% of HSD (4% v/v) in 7 days employing 2% (v/v) of bacterial inoculum at room temperatureon rotary shaker. Surface Tension of the Cell Free Filtrate (CFF) dropped from 68mN/mtoEnglishBiodegradation, Consortium, High Speed Diesel, Biosurfactant, Bioemulsifier, Emulsification Activity, Surface Tensionhttps://journal.stenvironment.org/abstract?id=169References1619