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Table 4 Oil removal by different weights of wood chips and wood chips carrying immobilized yeast

From: Isolation and characterization of Candida tropicalis B: a promising yeast strain for biodegradation of petroleum oil in marine environments

Weight of chips

(g)

 

Oil removal (%)

 

By wood chips and immobilized cells

By wood chips only

By immobilized cells only

0.50

 

33

19

14

0.75

 

68

36

32

1.00

 

69

36

30

1.25

 

74

52

22

1.50

 

76

53

23

1.75

 

89

53

36