Environmental pollution with petroleum toxic products has afflicted various ecosystems,
causing devastating damage to natural habitats with serious economic implications. Some …

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 …

A bacterial community was enriched with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) polluted
soil to better study PAH degradation by indigenous soil bacteria. The consortium degraded …

To isolate bacteria responsible for the biodegradation of naphthalene, BTEX (benzene,
toluene, ethylbenzene, and o-, m-, and p-xylene), and aliphatic hydrocarbons in petroleum …

Hydrocarbons have been part of the biosphere for millions of years, and a diverse group of
prokaryotes has evolved to use them as a source of carbon and energy. To date, the vast …

Monoaromatic pollutants such as benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene and xylenes are the most
commonly cited environmental contaminants in recent years and have attracted the attention …

Biodegradation can achieve complete and cost-effective elimination of aromatic pollutants
through harnessing diverse microbial metabolic processes. Aromatics biodegradation plays …

Root exudates influence the surrounding soil microbial community, and recent evidence
demonstrates the involvement of ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters in root secretion …

Bioaugmentation, or the inoculation of microorganisms (eg, bacteria harboring the required
catabolic genes) into soil to enhance the rate of contaminant degradation, has great …

Anaerobic degradation is the major pathway for microbial degradation of benzene, toluene,
ethylbenzene, and xylenes (BTEX) under electron acceptor lacking conditions. However …