Today, environmental pollution is a serious problem, and bioremediation can play an
important role in cleaning contaminated sites. Remediation strategies, such as chemical and …

Metabolic engineering allows development of microbial strains efficiently producing
chemicals and materials, but it requires much time, effort, and cost to make the strains …

Environmental pollution with petroleum toxic products has afflicted various ecosystems,
causing devastating damage to natural habitats with serious economic implications. Some …

Enzymatic hydroxylation of activated and nonactivated sp3-carbons attracts keen interest
from the chemistry community as it is one of the most challenging tasks in organic synthesis …

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 …

Plastic contamination currently threatens a wide variety of ecosystems and presents
damaging repercussions and negative consequences for many wildlife species. Sustainable …

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 …

Application of chemical dispersants to oil spills in the marine environment is a common
practice to disperse oil into the water column and stimulate oil biodegradation by increasing …

Alkane monooxygenase (AlkB) is a widely occurring integral membrane metalloenzyme that
catalyzes the initial step in the functionalization of recalcitrant alkanes with high terminal …

Hydrocarbons are ubiquitous in the ocean, where alkanes such as pentadecane and
heptadecane can be found even in waters minimally polluted with crude oil. Populations of …