Nonylphenol (NP) is widely known for its estrogenic activity on organisms, but its influence
on biochemical processes executed by complex microbiota is still unclear. The dose-specific …

Due to the industrial emissions and accidental spills, the critical material for modern
industrial society petroleum pollution causes severe ecological damage. The prosperous oil …

A large number of reaction systems are composed of hydrophobic interfaces and
microorganisms in natural environment. However, it is not clear how microorganisms adjust …

Assessing microbial risks is key to feasible hydrogen storage in geological formations. This
work quantitatively analyses the impacts of bio-methanation on hydrogen storage …

Crude oil gasification bacteria, including fermenting bacteria, hydrocarbon-oxidizing
bacteria, reducing bacteria, and methanogenic bacteria, participate in multi-step reactions …

The biodegradation was considered as the prime mechanism of crude oil degradation. To
validate the efficacy and survival of the crude oil-degrading strain in a bioremediation …

Oil reservoirs can represent extreme environments for microbial life due to low water
availability, high salinity, high pressure and naturally occurring radionuclides. This study …

Petroleum microbiology is important to the fossil oil industry and any related environmental
research. Assessment of resident microbial communities is essential for controlling many …

Microbial potential of crude oil degradation coupled to methane production has attracted
much attention as a basis for microbial enhanced energy recovery (MEER) technology. Here …

A previous cultivation-independent investigation of the microbial community structure of
natural oil and asphalt seeps in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) revealed the dominance …