Biostimulation of indigenous microorganisms for bioremediation of oily hypersaline microcosms from the Arabian Gulf Kuwaiti coasts

Hypersaline soil and water samples were collected in summer and winter from the “sabkha” area at the Kuwaiti shore of the Arabian Gulf. Physicochemical parameters were analyzed, and found suitable for microbial oil-removal. Summer- and winter-microcosms were treated with individual cation (K+, Ca2+, Mg2+, Fe3+) salts, and with animal blood and commercial yeast, as cost-effective vitamin sources. Those microcosms were exposed to the open...