Characterizing Microbial Activity and Diversity of Hydrocarbon-Contaminated Sites

A Ding, Y Sun, J Dou, L Cheng, L Jiang, D Zhang… - …, 2013 - books.google.com
Hydrocarbons, one of the major petroleum constituents, mainly include saturated alkanes
and cycloalkanes, unsaturated alkenes, alkynes and aromatic hydrocarbons. The usual …

Polyphasic approach for assessing changes in an autochthonous marine bacterial community in the presence of Prestige fuel oil and its biodegradation potential

N Jiménez, M Viñas, C Guiu-Aragonés… - Applied microbiology …, 2011 - Springer
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 …

Bacterial Isolates from Greek Sites and Their Efficacy in Degrading Petroleum

GC Ntroumpogianni, E Giannoutsou, AD Karagouni… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are a major organic pollutant, not only because
they do not self-degenerate but also because they accumulate in the food chain and give …

[PDF][PDF] Degradation of branched chain aliphatic and aromatic petroleum hydrocarbons by microorganisms

TN Le Cong - 2008 - epub.ub.uni-greifswald.de
The overall aim of the work was to investigate the ability of several Gram-positive bacteria
including Mycocbacterium neoaurum SBUG 109, Nocardia cyriacigeorgica SBUG 1472 and …

Relative roles of bacteria and fungi in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon biodegradation and bioremediation of contaminated soils

CE Cerniglia, JB Sutherland - Fungi in biogeochemical cycles, 2006 - books.google.com
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are a large group of toxic compounds (Fig. 8.1)
that are components of coal and petroleum and are also produced during incomplete …

Bacterial community response to hydrocarbon contamination in soils and marine sediments: a critical review of case studies

E Vandera, AI Koukkou - Microbial ecotoxicology, 2017 - Springer
The widespread distribution of petroleum hydrocarbons due to anthropogenic activities is
becoming a major problem for both marine and terrestrial environments. Indigenous …

Remarkable impact of PAHs and TPHs on the richness and diversity of bacterial species in surface soils exposed to long-term hydrocarbon pollution

T Benedek, B Vajna, A Táncsics, K Márialigeti… - World Journal of …, 2013 - Springer
Nowadays, because of substantial use of petroleum-derived fuels the number and extension
of hydrocarbon polluted terrestrial ecosystems is in growth worldwide. In remediation of …

Recent advances in bacterial degradation of hydrocarbons

E Pandolfo, A Barra Caracciolo, L Rolando - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
Hydrocarbons occur in fossil fuels such as crude oil and consist mainly of hydrogen and
carbon. Although they are natural chemicals, crude oil refining results in commercial …

Microbial abundance and degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soil

SK Mahmood, PR Rao - Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and …, 1993 - osti.gov
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are a group of highly lipophilic chemicals that are
generally formed during combustion, pyrolysis and pyrosynthesis of organic matter and are …

Microbial biodegradation of polyaromatic hydrocarbons

RH Peng, AS Xiong, Y Xue, XY Fu, F Gao… - FEMS microbiology …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are widespread in various ecosystems and are
pollutants of great concern due to their potential toxicity, mutagenicity and carcinogenicity …