A laboratory experiment was conducted to identify key hydrocarbon degraders from a
marine oil spill sample (Prestige fuel oil), to ascertain their role in the degradation of different …

A marine microbial consortium obtained from a beach contaminated by the Prestige oil spill
proved highly efficient in removing the different hydrocarbon families present in this heavy …

The temperature is one of the most important factors determining the success of
bioremediation processes in marine environment. This study focused on the isolation and …

Aims: To study the bacterial diversity associated with hydrocarbon biodegradation
potentiality and biosurfactant production of Tunisian oilfields bacteria. Methods and Results …

Seven hydrocarbonoclastic new bacterial isolates were isolated from dredged sediments of
a river estuary in Italy. The sediments were contaminated by shipyard activities since …

Crude oil is a complex mixture of different hydrocarbons. While diverse bacterial
communities can degrade oil, the specific roles of individual members within such …

The aim of this work was to determine the effect of light crude oil on bacterial communities
during an experimental oil spill in the N orth S ea and in mesocosms (simulating a heavy …

Within the framework of a study on the oil biodegradation potential of the sea the ability of a
Flavobacterium sp. and Brevibacterium sp. to metabolize a paraffinic crude oil and a …

The bioremediation of petroleum spills in marine environments is still a challenge
nowadays, and the technology available towards this goal must be improved. The search for …

Hydrocarbons, one of the major petroleum constituents, mainly include saturated alkanes
and cycloalkanes, unsaturated alkenes, alkynes and aromatic hydrocarbons. The usual …