A contest of effectiveness between chemical oxidation based remediation and bioremediation by enviro-friendly PAH-Biodegrader bacteria; and study the effect of both on degradation of PAH in soil

Polycyclic Aromatic hydrocarbons(PAHs) being a toxic xenobiotic aromatic compounds generated as a result of incomplete combustion of organic matter pose a direct threat to human health due to their mutagenic and carcinogenic nature. PAHs being non-polar have low solubility in water and hence are difficult to be eradicated by any means. A constant struggle of scientific community and incessant research has espied various methodologies to increase the rate of degradation of PAHs by modification of environmental factors. One of the most successful amongst the technologies is the process of Chemical Oxidation (specially by potassium permanganate which is also the device of this research) which has recently gained much recently recognition by the scientific community. The aim of this research is to find out whether Bioremediation of PAHs by ecofriendly PAH degrading Bacteria can be the new solution to the PAH problem. Also the study tries to find out the comparative testing of effectiveness of Bioremediation by PAH- Biodegrading bacteria over chemical oxidation.