Microbial degradation of petroleum hydrocarbons

SJ Varjani - Bioresource technology, 2017 - Elsevier
Petroleum hydrocarbon pollutants are recalcitrant compounds and are classified as priority
pollutants. Cleaning up of these pollutants from environment is a real world problem …

A new look on factors affecting microbial degradation of petroleum hydrocarbon pollutants

SJ Varjani, VN Upasani - International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation, 2017 - Elsevier
In recent years, there has been increasing concern over public health threat presented by
introduction of petroleum hydrocarbon pollutants in environment due to anthropogenic …

Toxicity assessment of fresh and weathered petroleum hydrocarbons in contaminated soil-a review

MAI Khan, B Biswas, E Smith, R Naidu, M Megharaj - Chemosphere, 2018 - Elsevier
Soil contamination with total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) is widespread throughout the
globe due to the massive production of TPH anthropogenically and its occurrence in the soil …

Pharmaceutical compounds in aquatic environments—occurrence, fate and bioremediation prospective

JP Fernandes, CMR Almeida, MA Salgado… - Toxics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Various contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) have been detected in different
ecosystems, posing a threat to living organisms and the environment. Pharmaceuticals are …

Synergistic ex-situ biodegradation of crude oil by halotolerant bacterial consortium of indigenous strains isolated from on shore sites of Gujarat, India

SJ Varjani, DP Rana, AK Jain, S Bateja… - International …, 2015 - Elsevier
Hydrocarbon pollution due to activities of petroleum industry is a major problem worldwide
especially in developing countries like India. Hydrocarbon utilizing bacterial consortium …

[HTML][HTML] Bioaugmentation as a strategy for cleaning up of soils contaminated with aromatic compounds

A Mrozik, Z Piotrowska-Seget - Microbiological research, 2010 - Elsevier
The contamination of soil with aromatic compounds is of particular environmental concern
as they exhibit carcinogenic and mutagenic properties. One of the methods of their removal …

Development of an efficient bacterial consortium for the potential remediation of hydrocarbons from contaminated sites

K Patowary, R Patowary, MC Kalita… - Frontiers in microbiology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The intrinsic biodegradability of hydrocarbons and the distribution of proficient degrading
microorganisms in the environment are very crucial for the implementation of bioremediation …

Pesticide relevance and their microbial degradation: a-state-of-art

JP Verma, DK Jaiswal, R Sagar - Reviews in Environmental Science and …, 2014 - Springer
The extensive use of pesticide causes imbalance in properties of soil, water and air
environments due to having problem of natural degradation. Such chemicals create diverse …

Metabolic capacity to alter polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and its microbe-mediated remediation

V Yamini, VD Rajeswari - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
The elimination of contaminants caused by anthropogenic activities and rapid
industrialization can be accomplished using the widely used technology of bioremediation …

[PDF][PDF] Biodegradation alternative in the cleanup of petroleum hydrocarbon pollutants

AI Okoh - Biotechnology and molecular biology review, 2006 - researchgate.net
Extensive petroleum hydrocarbon exploration activities often result in the pollution of the
environment, which could lead to disastrous consequences for the biotic and abiotic …