[HTML][HTML] Circular economy potential and contributions of petroleum industry sludge utilization to environmental sustainability through engineered processes-A review

AH Jagaba, SRM Kutty, IM Lawal, AH Birniwa… - Cleaner and Circular …, 2022 - Elsevier
The petroleum industry activities unavoidably generate a large quantity of sludge named
Petroleum industry sludge (PIS). The generation rate has been increasing because of the …

Optimization of heavy metal (lead) remedial activities of fungi Aspergillus penicillioides (F12) through extra cellular polymeric substances

K Paria, S Pyne, SK Chakraborty - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Wastewater imposes a great threat to any ecosystem across the world, especially the
aquatic one because of the different anthropogenic activities of human beings. The present …

Role of surfactants in facilitating oil-solid separation in oily sludge treatment

X Zhang, Z Yin, J Qin, W Yang, Y Cao… - Separation and Purification …, 2025 - Elsevier
Oily sludge is an inevitable by-product of the petroleum industry, characterized by both
petroleum resources and hazardous waste. Surfactants, with their hydrophilic heads and …

Improving bioremediation process of petroleum wastewater using biosurfactants producing Stenotrophomonas sp. S1VKR-26 and assessment of phytotoxicity

K Patel, M Patel - Bioresource technology, 2020 - Elsevier
Primarily, this study aims to evaluate the biosurfactant production capability of
Stenotrophomonas sp. S1VKR-26, profiling of its bioremediation ability to remediate …

A novel biosurfactant producing Kocuria rosea ABR6 as potential strain in oil sludge recovery and lubrication

E Akbari, B Rasekh, KB Maal, F Karbasiun, F Yazdian… - AMB Express, 2021 - Springer
Biosurfactants are amphiphilic molecules composed of a hydrophilic and hydrophobic
moiety and had the ability to penetrate into different phases to reduce the surface tension …

Isolation, Screening, Characterization, and Optimization of Biosurfactant-Producing Bacteria for Removal of Micropollutants from Textile Effluents

S Kumari, M Debnath, S Joshi… - Industrial & Engineering …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Biosurfactants are ecofriendly substitutes for chemical surfactants. In this study, biosurfactant-
producing bacterial strains were isolated from soil and water samples from textile industry …

Harnessing dual applications of a novel ascomycetes yeast, Starmerella cerana sp. nov., as a biocatalyst for stereoselective ketone reduction and biosurfactant …

S Kumar, NK Verma, SD Basotra, D Sharma… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction: New bioresources for catalytic application and fine chemical synthesis are the
need of the hour. In an effort to find out new biocatalyst for oxidation-reduction reaction …

A novel sophorolipid-producing Candida keroseneae GBME-IAUF-2 as a potential agent in microbial enhanced oil recovery (MEOR)

Z Ganji, K Beheshti-Maal, A Massah… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The biosurfactants have extensive applications in food and petroleum microbiology. The
aims of this research were isolation and characterization of thermo-tolerant biosurfactants …

Nano-micro materials regulated biocatalytic metabolism for efficient environmental remediation: fine engineering the mass and electron transfer in multicellular …

H Peng, Y Su, X Fan, S Wang, Q Zhang, Y Chen - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
The escalating energy and environmental crises have spurred significant research interest
into develo** efficient biological remediation technologies for sustainable contaminant …

Production of glycolipid biosurfactant during crude oil degradation by the novel indigenous isolated Achromobacter kerstersii LMG3441

S Kazemzadeh, NS Naghavi… - Water Science and …, 2020 - iwaponline.com
This study aimed to find biosurfactant producing and crude oil-degrading bacteria able to
decontaminate crude oil from wastewater. The bacteria that were isolated from contaminated …