Bioremediation, an advanced and environmentally sustainable technology, utilizes
biological microorganisms to mitigate pollution. This review combines insights from two …

Orphan oil spills pose a severe risk to ocean sustainability; however, they are understudied.
We provide the first synthetic assessment of short-term ecological impacts of the most …

Offshore waters have a high incidence of oil pollution, which poses an elevated risk of
ecological damage. The microbial community composition and metabolic mechanisms …

Due to the increasing population of the world, the presence of harmful compounds,
especially phthalate esters (PAEs), are one of the important problems of environmental …

Terrestrial dissolved organic matter (DOM) is critical to global carbon and nutrient cycling,
climate change, and human health. However, how the spatial and compositional differences …

Microplastics (MP), as novel substrata for microbial colonization within aquatic ecosystems,
are a matter of growing concern due to their potential to propagate foreign or invasive …

Abstract Background Hydrocarbons (HCs) are organic compounds composed solely of
carbon and hydrogen that are mainly accumulated in oil reservoirs. As the introduction of all …

Common culturing techniques and priorities bias our discovery towards specific traits that
may not be representative of microbial diversity in nature. So far, these biases have not been …

In the last decade, several methods were applied to monitor the impact of oil pollution on
marine organisms. Recent studies showed an eminent need to standardize these methods …

Background Moonmilk represents complex secondary structures and model systems to
investigate the interaction between microorganisms and carbonatic rocks. Grotta Nera is …