Petroleum hydrocarbon pollutants are recalcitrant compounds and are classified as priority
pollutants. Cleaning up of these pollutants from environment is a real world problem …

Aquatic environmental pollution is a rather worrying and increasingly topical problem that
requires the development and promotion of innovative and ecofriendly technologies …

Rapid industrialization and population explosion has resulted in the generation and
dumping of various contaminants into the environment. These harmful compounds …

Petroleum hydrocarbon (PH) contamination of soil and aquatic ecosystems is a serious
global issue. PH are classified as xenobiotics and emerging priority pollutants. When …

Microbial biofilms are formed by adherence of the bacteria through their secreted polymer
matrices. The major constituents of the polymer matrices are extracellular DNAs, proteins …

Pollution of soil and water environments by crude oil has been, and is still today, an
important problem. Crude oil is a complex mixture of thousands of compounds. Among them …

The increased presence of xenobiotics affects living organisms and the environment at large
on a global scale. Microbial degradation is effective for the removal of xenobiotics from the …

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

Marine biosphere offers wealthy flora and fauna, which represents a vast natural resource of
imperative functional commercial grade products. Among the various bioactive compounds …

Over the past few years, a new and ecophysiologically unusual group of marine
hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria–the obligate hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria (OHCB)–has …