Bioremediation is increasingly viewed as an appropriate remediation technology for
hydrocarbon-contaminated polar soils. As for all soils, the successful application of …

Publisher Summary This chapter focuses on biochemical and genetic versatility of members
of the genus Rhodococcus and further emphasizes the importance of these bacteria in …

Soil bacterial population dynamics were examined in several crude-oil-contaminated soils to
identify those organisms associated with alkane degradation and to assess patterns in …

In this study biodegradation of hydrocarbons in thin oil films was investigated in seawater at
low temperatures, 0 and 5° C. Heterotrophic (HM) or oil-degrading (ODM) microorganisms …

An improved method was developed that allowed the specific detection of the gene alkB
(coding for the rubredoxin dependent alkane monooxygenase) from bacteria without any …

A real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method to quantify the proportion of
microorganisms containing alkane monooxygenase was developed and used to follow …

Two greenhouse pot experiments were conducted to investigate the potential of 13 plant
species (grasses, cruciferes, legumes, herbs) to thrive in a long-term contaminated soil from …

Phytoremediation is a novel treatment option for weathered, hydrocarbon contaminated,
flare-pit soil in prairie ecosystems. The remediation potential of six different naturalized …

Sixteen spore forming Gram-positive bacteria were isolated from the rock of an oil reservoir
located in a deep-water production basin in Brazil. These strains were identified as …

The PCR-single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) technique was used to assess
the diversity and distribution of Rieske nonheme iron oxygenases of the toluene/biphenyl …