Crude oil extracted from oilfield reservoirs brings together hypersaline produced water.
Failure in pipelines transporting this mixture causes contamination of the soil with oil and …

Bioremediation of hydrocarbon pollutants is advantageous owing to the cost-effectiveness of
the technology and the ubiquity of hydrocarbon degrading microorganisms in the soil. Soil …

Brazilian offshore crude oil exploration has increased after the discovery of new reservoirs in
the region known as pré-sal, in a depth of 7.000 m under the water surface. Oceanic islands …

A typical tropical soil from the northeast of Brazil, where an important terrestrial oil field is
located, was accidentally contaminated with a mixture of oil and saline production water. To …

Pristine environments may harbor complex microbial communities with metabolic potential
for use in bioremediation of organic pollutants. This study aimed to evaluate crude oil …

This study aimed at the taxonomic characterization of a collection with 98 bacteria isolated
from oil and formation water samples from petroleum reservoirs of the Campos Basin …

Petroleum contamination may lead to variations in soil microbial community structure and
activities. The bioremediation of petroleum-contaminated soil typically depends on the …

Bioremediation techniques like bioaugmentation and/or biostimulation are an economical
and environmentally friendly procedure which emerged as the most advantageous …

This study analyzed the microbial diversity colonizing the surface of an oil sample during its
contact with water, off the Trindade Island coast and simulated the efficiency of eight different …

Hydrocarbon-degrading bacterial communities from freshwater, marine, and hypersaline
Brazilian aquatic ecosystems (with water salinities corresponding to 0.2%, 4%, and 5 …