Current and emerging trends in bioremediation of petrochemical waste: a review

P Singh, R Jain, N Srivastava, A Borthakur… - Critical Reviews in …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Various industries release harmful petrochemical contaminants into the environment. To
treat these petrochemical contaminants at source, different physical, chemical, and …

Trends in the analysis, adsorption and transformation of dihydroxybenzenes–A comprehensive review

SE Elugoke, OE Fayemi, AS Adekunle, BB Mamba… - Microchemical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Dihydroxybenzenes (DBZs) are one of the major classes of pollutants in water bodies. The
devastating effects of DBZs on human health when consumed through potable water intake …

Petroleum refinery wastewater treatment: A pilot scale study

MH El-Naas, R Surkatti, S Al-Zuhair - Journal of Water Process …, 2016 - Elsevier
A three-step pilot plant was designed, fabricated and tested for the treatment of highly
contaminated petroleum refinery wastewater. The three-step process consisted of an …

Optimization of p-cresol biodegradation using novel bacterial strains isolated from petroleum hydrocarbon fallout

S Bera, H Kauser, K Mohanty - Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
Two potential p-cresol degrading bacterial strains were isolated from petroleum refinery
wastewater and identified as Stenotrophomonas sp.(MF004205) strain DBK3 and Bacillus …

Mechanistic investigation in Co-biodegradation of phenanthrene and pyrene by Candida tropicalis MTCC 184

N Kashyap, K Roy, VS Moholkar - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2020 - Elsevier
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons like phenanthrene and pyrene are found ubiquitously in
terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. This study has attempted to investigate mechanistic …

Newly isolated alkalophilic Advenella species bioaugmented in activated sludge for high p-cresol removal

E Xenofontos, AM Tanase, I Stoica, I Vyrides - New biotechnology, 2016 - Elsevier
Highlights•Strain LVX-4 can be classified as a new Advenella specie.•Advenella sp. LVX
biodegraded high concentration of p-cresol (750 mg/L).•Advenella sp. LVX-4 showed to be a …

Global stability analysis of a bioreactor model for phenol and cresol mixture degradation

N Dimitrova, P Zlateva - Processes, 2021 - mdpi.com
We propose a mathematical model for phenol and p-cresol mixture degradation in a
continuously stirred bioreactor. The model is described by three nonlinear ordinary …

Stability analysis of a chemostat model for phenol and sodium salicylate mixture biodegradation

M Borisov, N Dimitrova, P Zlateva - Processes, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this paper we consider a mathematical continuous-time model for biodegradation of
phenol in the presence of sodium salicylate in a chemostat. The model is described by a …

Biodegradation kinetics of phenol and 4-chlorophenol in the presence of sodium salicylate in batch and chemostat systems

YH Lin, BH Ho - Processes, 2022 - mdpi.com
The biodegradation of phenol, sodium salicylate (SA), and 4-chlorophenol (4-CP) by
Pseudomonas putida (P. putida) was evaluated by batch and chemostat experiments in …

Time-delayed bioreactor model of phenol and cresol mixture degradation with interaction kinetics

M Borisov, N Dimitrova, P Zlateva - Water, 2021 - mdpi.com
This paper is devoted to a mathematical model for phenol and p-cresol mixture degradation
in a continuously stirred bioreactor. The biomass specific growth rate is presented as sum …