Petroleum is a very complex and diverse organic mixture. Its composition depends on
reservoir location and in situ conditions and changes once crude oil is spilled into the …

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) include a group of organic priority pollutants of
critical environmental and public health concern due to their toxic, genotoxic, mutagenic …

Globally, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) pollution is primarily driven by their
release into the air through various combustion processes, including burning fossil fuels …

Crude oil, a dark sticky liquid, is a complex mixture of varying molecular weight which is
used for the preparation of petroleum products. Crude oil contains more than 30 parent …

Petroleum hydrocarbon compounds are persistent organic pollutants, which can cause
permanent damage to ecosystems due to their biomagnification. Bioremediation of oil is …

Over recent decades, hydrocarbon concentrations have been augmented in soil and water,
mainly derived from accidents or operations that input crude oil and petroleum into the …

The demand for technological and industrial change has become heavily dependent on the
availability and use of petroleum products as a source of energy for socio-economic …

With increasing demands of fossil fuel energy, extensive exploration of natural sources has
caused a number of large scale accidental spills of crude oil and resulted in some …

Petroleum hydrocarbons represent the most frequent environmental contaminant. The
introduction of petroleum hydrocarbons into a pristine environment immediately changes the …

Current knowledge of the physiology and phylogeny of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
(PAH) degrading bacteria often relies on laboratory enrichments and isolations. In the …