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Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2021 As a new pollutant, microplastics have increasingly drawn public attention to its toxic behavior in the environment. The aim was to investigate the effect of styrene-butadiene-rubber microplastics (mSBR) with different degrees of aging on petroleum ...
Changrong Zhao +6 more
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Exploring novel alkane-degradation pathways in uncultured bacteria from the North Atlantic Ocean
mSystems, 2023 Microbes play a significant role in the degradation of petroleum hydrocarbons in the oceans, yet little is known about the native bacteria that metabolize hydrocarbons before an oil spill.
Mirna Vázquez Rosas Landa +6 more
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Metabolic diversity of aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria from a petroleum-contaminated aquifer [PDF]
Biodegradation, 1994 We characterized bacteria from contaminated aquifers for their ability to utilize aromatic hydrocarbons under hypoxic (oxygen-limiting) conditions (initial dissolved oxygen concentration about 2 mg/l) with nitrate as an alternate electron acceptor. This is relevant to current intense efforts to establish favorable conditions for in situ bioremediation.
Mikesell, Mark D. +2 more
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Reduction of Surface Tension of Petroleum Using Hydrocarbon Degrading Bacterial Activity
ASM Science Journal, 2022 Hydrocarbon degrading bacteria produce biosurfactants, which facilitate the biodegradation process. This is the first step towards getting access to interactions between the bacteria's hydrophilic surface and the hydrophobic surface of the hydrocarbons ...
Riuh Wardhani +2 more
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A Foundation for Advancing Studies of the Biodegradation of Polyethylene Surrogates by Environmental and Model Laboratory Microbes. [PDF]
Environ Microbiol RepA polyethylene surrogate sample containing paraffin, polywax and polyethylene was exposed to selected microbes identified in this study. This image shows the surface of this surrogate following a six‐week incubation with Rhodococcus jostii. ABSTRACT Polyethylene represents a particularly recalcitrant class of plastics that persist for decades in the ...
Camur BB +5 more
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Bioremediation of soil polluted with oil [PDF]
Acta Agriculturae Serbica, 2021 Microplastics have reached all corners of our planet, including soil and water. Plastic-degrading bacteria are seen as a promising, environmentally friendly tool for the bioremediation of soil polluted with microplastics. The petroleum origin of plastics
Teofilović Vesna +5 more
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IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 2022 Abstract Diesel oil is considered one of the important products of crude oil which constitute a vital source of pollution in the environment. Biodegradation of complex hydrocarbon requires cooperation of more than a single species. This is true in case of pollutants made up of crude oil or petroleum.
Umema Mohsin +4 more
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Microbial Communities across Global Marine Basins Show Important Compositional Similarities by Depth
mBio, 2020 The environmental surveys following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon (DWH) spill identified a variety of hydrocarbon-degrading microorganisms, and laboratory studies with field-collected water samples then demonstrated faster-than-expected hydrocarbon ...
John I. Miller +11 more
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Screening of Bacteria Isolated from Refinery Sludge of Assam for Hydrocarbonoclastic Activities
Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 2020 Oily sludge generated by petroleum industries results in serious hazards to the environment due to its toxic effects. Microorganisms can survive in the harsh environment utilizing the pollutants as their sole source of carbon and energy.
Sashi Prava Devi, Dhruva Kumar Jha
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 Marine hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria play an important role in natural petroleum biodegradation processes and were initially associated with man-made oil spills or natural seeps.
Tatyana N. Chernikova +9 more
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