With the sharp increase in population and modernization of society, environmental pollution
resulting from petroleum hydrocarbons has increased, resulting in an urgent need for …

Hydrocarbons are abundant in anoxic environments and pose biochemical challenges to
their anaerobic degradation by microorganisms. Within the framework of the Priority …

Scope for developing an engineered bioremediation strategy for the treatment of
hydrocarbon-rich petroleum refinery waste was investigated through biostimulation and …

The marine environment is highly susceptible to pollution by petroleum, and so it is
important to understand how microorganisms degrade hydrocarbons, and thereby mitigate …

Alkanes are saturated apolar hydrocarbons that range from their simplest form, methane, to
high-molecular-weight compounds. Although alkanes were once considered biologically …

Petroleum contamination is considered as a major risk to the health of humans and
environment. Biochars as low-cost and eco-friendly carbon materials, have been widely …

Nitrite is one of the players in the broad nitrogen biogeochemical cycle. This nitrogen oxo-
anion is involved in key pathways crucial to life on Earth and to the planetary “recycling” of …

Oil and fuel spills occur regularly in terrestrial and aquatic environments and substances
such as crude oil can contain many compounds that are highly resistant to degradation …

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the northern Gulf of Mexico represents the largest marine
accidental oil spill in history. It is distinguished from past spills in that it occurred at the …

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