Human activities impact marine ecosystems at a global scale and all levels of complexity of
life. Despite their importance as key players in ecosystem processes, the stress caused to …

Bioremediation of hydrocarbon pollutants is advantageous owing to the cost-effectiveness of
the technology and the ubiquity of hydrocarbon-degrading microorganisms in the soil. Soil …

The retrieval of a polystyrene macro-plastic piece stranded on the shores in King George
Island (South Shetlands, Antarctica) gave the opportunity to explore the associated bacterial …

Twenty-five crude-oil-degrading bacteria were isolated from oil-contaminated sites in the
Persian Gulf and the Caspian Sea. Based on a high growth rate on crude oil and on …

Microorganisms play an important role in the biodegradation of petroleum contaminants,
which have attracted great concern due to their persistent toxicity and difficult …

Bioaugmentation (amendment with selected bacterial strains) and/or biostimulation
(nutrients addition and/or air supply) are relatively new fields in environmental microbiology …

The bacterial diversity in a tropical soil experimentally polluted with crude oil during a 57
days bioremediation was investigated in five 1 m2 plots using total culturable hydrocarbon …

Three bacterial isolates identified as Alcanivorax borkumensis SK2, Rhodococcus
erythropolis HS4 and Pseudomonas stutzeri SDM, based on 16S rRNA gene sequences …

Stimulation of indigenous degraders with suitable nutrients can significantly enhance
bioremediation rates of marine environments polluted with petroleum hydrocarbons …

Petroleum hydrocarbons are important energy resources used by industry and in our daily
life, whose production contributes highly to environmental pollution. To control such risk …