Biodegradation of marine oil spills in the Arctic with a Greenland perspective

L Vergeynst, S Wegeberg, J Aamand, P Lassen… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
New economic developments in the Arctic, such as shipping and oil exploitation, bring along
unprecedented risks of marine oil spills. Microorganisms have played a central role in …

Alcanivorax borkumensis biofilms enhance oil degradation by interfacial tubulation

M Prasad, N Obana, SZ Lin, S Zhao, K Sakai… - Science, 2023 - science.org
During the consumption of alkanes, Alcanivorax borkumensis will form a biofilm around an
oil droplet, but the role this plays during degradation remains unclear. We identified a shift in …

[PDF][PDF] 46 Biofilm Development at Interfaces between Hydrophobic Organic Compounds and Water

R Grimaud - 2010 - researchgate.net
Hydrophobic organic compounds (HOCs) encompass a great variety of molecules, including
contaminants such as hydrocarbons, which are used as substrates by bacteria (See> …

[PDF][PDF] Assimilation of hydrocarbons and lipids by means of biofilm formation

P Sivadon, R Grimaud - Cellular Ecophysiology of Microbe, 2017 - hal.science
Hydrophobic organic compounds (HOCs) that are used as substrates by 7 bacteria,
encompass a great variety of molecules, including contaminants such as 8 hydrocarbons …

Biofilm growth kinetics on hydrocarbon in a porous medium under biostimulation conditions

C Joannis‐Cassan, ML Delia… - Environmental progress, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The formation of biofilm on hydrocarbon in a porous medium under biostimulation conditions
was investigated in order to a better understanding of microbial development during …

Biodegradation of high concentrations of benzene and diesel in a fixed-film reactor

V Bravo, W Spyra, R Antaño-López - Water, air, and soil pollution, 2009 - Springer
The degradation of benzene in groundwater at concentrations as high as 2,000 mg L− 1 was
studied using a four-column trickling-flow fixed-film biological reactor with recirculation. A …

The Monod and a biphasic biodegradation kinetics of diesel hydrocarbons by a biofilm of Pseudomonas and the potential electromotive force involved

K Acuna‐Askar, DE Pecina‐Chacon… - Journal of Chemical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Two kinetic models for diesel degradation in a continuous‐flow reactor at a
retention time of 1.5 h were compared. One model included the Monod equation and the …

Using a biotrickling filter for degradation of cypermethrin, an insecticide frequently used in Tahuapalca, Bolivia

H Enstedt - 2013 - diva-portal.org
Sammanfattning/Abstract The feasibility of using bench-scale biotrickling filter reactors
inoculated with the fungus UBAF004, isolated from soil in Tahuapalca, for treatment of water …