Microbial degradation of petroleum hydrocarbon contaminants: an overview

N Das, P Chandran - Biotechnology research international, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
One of the major environmental problems today is hydrocarbon contamination resulting from
the activities related to the petrochemical industry. Accidental releases of petroleum …

Application of bioremediation technology in the environment contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbon

S Chandra, R Sharma, K Singh, A Sharma - Annals of microbiology, 2013 - Springer
The demand for petroleum and petroleum products is increasing day by day, while oil spills
and improper discharge of industrial wastes contributes to the rising contamination of the …

[PDF][PDF] Biodegradation alternative in the cleanup of petroleum hydrocarbon pollutants

AI Okoh - Biotechnology and molecular biology review, 2006 - researchgate.net
Extensive petroleum hydrocarbon exploration activities often result in the pollution of the
environment, which could lead to disastrous consequences for the biotic and abiotic …

Bioremediation of crude oil-contaminated soil: comparison of different biostimulation and bioaugmentation treatments

Y Xu, M Lu - Journal of hazardous materials, 2010 - Elsevier
Biostimulation with inorganic fertilizer and bioaugmentation with hydrocarbon utilizing
indigenous bacteria were employed as remedial options for 12 weeks in a crude oil …

Low-cost production and application of lipopeptide for bioremediation and plant growth by Bacillus subtilis SNW3

A Umar, A Zafar, H Wali, MP Siddique, MA Qazi… - AMB Express, 2021 - Springer
At present time, every nation is absolutely concern about increasing agricultural production
and bioremediation of petroleum-contaminated soil. Hence, with this intention in the current …

Root exudation: the ecological driver of hydrocarbon rhizoremediation

F Rohrbacher, M St-Arnaud - Agronomy, 2016 - mdpi.com
Rhizoremediation is a bioremediation technique whereby microbial degradation of organic
contaminants occurs in the rhizosphere. It is considered to be an effective and affordable …

Chemical Structure, Property and Potential Applications of Biosurfactants Produced by Bacillus subtilis in Petroleum Recovery and Spill Mitigation

JF Liu, SM Mbadinga, SZ Yang, JD Gu… - International Journal of …, 2015 - mdpi.com
Lipopeptides produced by microorganisms are one of the five major classes of
biosurfactants known and they have received much attention from scientific and industrial …

Bioremediation of petroleum oil contaminated soil and water

PK Jain, VK Gupta, RK Gaur, M Lowry… - Research journal of …, 2011 - search.proquest.com
Environmental pollution with petroleum and petrochemical products (complex mixture of
hydrocarbon) has been recognized as one of the most important serious current problem …

Effects of nutrient and temperature on degradation of petroleum hydrocarbons in contaminated sub-Antarctic soil

F Coulon, E Pelletier, L Gourhant, D Delille - Chemosphere, 2005 - Elsevier
Mesocosm studies using sub-Antarctic soil artificially contaminated with diesel or crude oil
were conducted in Kerguelen Archipelago (49° 21′ S, 70° 13′ E) in an attempt to evaluate …

Biodegradation of dispersed oil in arctic seawater at-1 C

KM McFarlin, RC Prince, R Perkins, MB Leigh - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
As offshore oil and gas exploration expands in the Arctic, it is important to expand the
scientific understanding of arctic ecology and environmental impact to mitigate operational …