Bacteria often live within matrix-embedded communities, termed biofilms, which are now
understood to be a major mode of microbial life. The study of biofilms has revealed their vast …

Petroleum hydrocarbon compounds are persistent organic pollutants, which can cause
permanent damage to ecosystems due to their biomagnification. Bioremediation of oil is …

Classical definitions of syntrophy focus on a process, performed through metabolic
interaction between dependent microbial partners, such as the degradation of complex …

Hydrocarbons are relatively recalcitrant compounds and are classified as high-priority
pollutants. However, these compounds are slowly degraded by a large variety of …

Syntrophy is a tightly coupled mutualistic interaction between hydrogen-/formate-producing
and hydrogen-/formate-using microorganisms that occurs throughout the microbial world …

Bioremediation is an environmental sustainable and cost-effective technology for the
cleanup of hydrocarbon-polluted soils and coasts. In spite of that longer times are usually …

Dissimilatory sulphate reduction is the unifying and defining trait of sulphate-reducing
prokaryotes (SRP). In their predominant habitats, sulphate-rich marine sediments, SRP have …

At marine cold seeps, gaseous and liquid hydrocarbons migrate from deep subsurface
origins to the sediment-water interface. Cold seep sediments are known to host …

Over recent decades, hydrocarbon concentrations have been augmented in soil and water,
mainly derived from accidents or operations that input crude oil and petroleum into the …

Abstract Treatment of waters contaminated with sulfur containing compounds (S) resulting
from seawater intrusion, the use of seawater (eg seawater flushing, cooling) and industrial …