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 …

Widespread pollution of terrestrial ecosystems with petroleum hydrocarbons (PHCs) has
generated a need for remediation and, given that many PHCs are biodegradable, bio-and …

Degradation of alkanes is a widespread phenomenon in nature, and numerous
microorganisms, both prokaryotic and eukaryotic, capable of utilizing these substrates as a …

Alkanes are major constituents of crude oil. They are also present at low concentrations in
diverse non-contaminated because many living organisms produce them as chemo …

In addition to transcriptome and proteome studies, metabolome analysis represents a third
complementary approach to identify metabolic pathways and adaptation processes. In order …

As highly reduced hydrocarbons are abundant in the environment, enzymes that catalyze
the terminal or subterminal oxygenation of alkanes are relatively easy to find. A number of …

Selective catalysts for sustainable oxidation of alkanes are highly demanded because of the
abundance of these molecules in the environment, the possibility to transform them into …

An improved method was developed that allowed the specific detection of the gene alkB
(coding for the rubredoxin dependent alkane monooxygenase) from bacteria without any …

Alkane-degrading bacteria are ubiquitous in marine environments, but little is known about
how alkane degradation is regulated. Here we investigate alkane sensing, chemotaxis …

Aims: To investigate the petroleum hydrocarbon (HC)‐degrading potential of indigenous
micro‐organisms in a sandy Mediterranean coast, accidentally contaminated with petroleum …