Phytotoxicity of petroleum hydrocarbons: Sources, impacts and remediation strategies

FU Haider, M Ejaz, SA Cheema, MI Khan, B Zhao… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Extraction and exploration of petroleum hydrocarbons (PHs) to satisfy the rising world
population's fossil fuel demand is playing havoc with human beings and other life forms by …

Microbes and microbial strategies in carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons remediation: a systematic review

S Banerjee, N Gupta, K Pramanik, M Gope… - … Science and Pollution …, 2024 - Springer
Degradation, detoxification, or removal of the omnipresent polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
(PAHs) from the ecosphere as well as their prevention from entering into food chain has …

Bioremediation of soils saturated with spilled crude oil

N Ali, N Dashti, M Khanafer, H Al-Awadhi, S Radwan - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
A desert soil sample was saturated with crude oil (17.3%, w/w) and aliquots were diluted to
different extents with either pristine desert or garden soils. Heaps of all samples were …

Response of bacterial and fungal communities to high petroleum pollution in different soils

P Galitskaya, L Biktasheva, S Blagodatsky… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Petroleum pollution of soils is a major environmental problem. Soil microorganisms can
decompose a significant fraction of petroleum hydrocarbons in soil at low concentrations (1 …

Removal of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons during anaerobic biostimulation of marine sediments

F Bianco, M Race, S Papirio, G Esposito - Science of The Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study proposes the supplementation of digestate, fresh organic fraction of municipal
solid waste (OFMSW) and a nutrient solution during the anaerobic biostimulation of marine …

Efficient remediation of PAH-metal co-contaminated soil using microbial-plant combination: A greenhouse study

F Chen, M Tan, J Ma, S Zhang, G Li, J Qu - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2016 - Elsevier
A 2-year greenhouse study was conducted to remediate an actual wastewater-irrigated soil
co-contaminated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and heavy metals (Cd and …

Comparing performances, costs and energy balance of ex situ remediation processes for PAH-contaminated marine sediments

F Bianco, G Monteverde, M Race, S Papirio… - … Science and Pollution …, 2020 - Springer
This study proposes a comparison of different ex situ technologies aimed at the removal of
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from marine sediments in terms of performances, costs …

Rhamnolipids and nutrients boost remediation of crude oil-contaminated soil by enhancing bacterial colonization and metabolic activities

R Tahseen, M Afzal, S Iqbal, G Shabir, QM Khan… - International …, 2016 - Elsevier
Bioaugmentation is a promising approach for the remediation of soil and water
contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons. Addition of rhamnolipids and nutrients in the …

Indigenous oil-degrading bacteria more efficient in soil bioremediation than microbial consortium and active even in super oil-saturated soils

N Ali, M Khanafer, H Al-Awadhi - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
A microbial consortium of the hydrocarbonoclastic bacterial species, comprising Actinotalea
ferrariae, Arthrobacter ginsengisoli, Dietzia cinnamea, Dietzia papillomatosis, and …

Diesel degradation by emulsifying bacteria isolated from soils polluted with weathered petroleum hydrocarbons

G Morales-Guzmán, R Ferrera-Cerrato… - Applied Soil …, 2017 - Elsevier
This study evaluated bacterial populations (total, lipolytic, P-solubilizers, N-fixing free, and
hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria) from uncontaminated soils or soils contaminated with …