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 …

Anthropogenic forces, such as petroleum spills and the incomplete combustion of fossil
fuels, have caused an accumulation of petroleum hydrocarbons in the environment. The …

Microbial community composition and diversity at a diesel-contaminated railway site were
investigated by pyrosequencing of bacterial and archaeal 16S rRNA gene fragments to …

Alkanes are the most energy-rich form of carbon and are widely dispersed in the
environment. Their transformation by microbes represents a key step in the global carbon …

A mesophilic bacterium capable of Low-Molecular-Weight Polyethylene (LMWPE)
biodegradation was isolated from a beach soil having been contaminated extensively with …

A novel bacterial strain, DQ12-45-1b, was isolated from the production water of a deep
subterranean oil-reservoir. Morphological, physiological and phylogenetic analyses …

The study focused on assessing the influence of bioaugmentation and addition of
rhamnolipids on diesel oil biodegradation efficiency during field studies. Initial laboratory …

Intrinsic biodegradation potential of bacteria from petroleum refinery waste was investigated
through isolation of cultivable strains and their characterization. Pseudomonas and Bacillus …

Nutrient deficiency severely impairs the catabolic activity of indigenous microorganisms in
hydrocarbon rich environments (HREs) and limits the rate of intrinsic bioremediation. The …

The linkage between phylogenetic and functional processes may provide profound insights
into the effects of hydrocarbon contamination and biodegradation processes in high …