Aromatic compounds are both common growth substrates for microorganisms and
prominent environmental pollutants. The crucial step in their degradation is overcoming the …

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 …

Metabolically versatile free-living bacteria have global regulation systems that allow cells to
selectively assimilate a preferred compound among a mixture of several potential carbon …

Practical Handbook of Microbiology, 4th edition provides basic, clear and concise
knowledge and practical information about working with microorganisms. Useful to anyone …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a ubiquitously distributed opportunistic pathogen that inhabits
soil and water as well as animal-, human-, and plant-host-associated environments. The …

Aromatic compounds belong to one of the most widely distributed classes of organic
compounds in nature, and a significant number of xenobiotics belong to this family of …

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 …

The use of microbial catalysts in the biodegradation of organic compounds has advanced
significantly during the past three decades. It has been found that large numbers of microbes …

Pseudomonas comprises a genus of species capable of utilizing a wide range of organic
and inorganic compounds and of living under diverse environmental conditions …

The lignocellulosic biomass is comprised of three major components: cellulose,
hemicellulose, and lignin. Among these three, cellulose and hemicellulose were already …