Hundreds of millions of litres of petroleum enter the environment from both natural and
anthropogenic sources every year. The input from natural marine oil seeps alone would be …

Naturally occurring microbial consortia have been utilized in a variety of bioremediation
processes. Recent developments in molecular microbial ecology offer new tools that …

Screening of aerobic culturable hydrocarbon (HC)-degrading microorganisms isolated from
petroleum-polluted soils and cyanobacterial mats from Indonesia resulted in the collection of …

Degradation of oil on beaches is, in general, limited by the supply of inorganic nutrients. In
order to obtain a more systematic understanding of the effects of nutrient addition on oil spill …

Biosurfactant-producing bacteria were isolated from terrestrial and marine samples collected
in areas contaminated with crude oil or its byproducts. Isolates were screened for …

▪ Abstract Identification of the biological properties contributing to the function of suppressive
soils is a necessary first step to the management of such systems for use in the control of …

Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis of PCR-amplified 16S ribosomal DNA (rDNA)
fragments has frequently been applied to the fingerprinting of natural bacterial populations …

The effect of developing chrysanthemum roots on the presence and activity of bacterial
populations in the rhizosphere was examined by using culture-independent methods …

Some nitrate-and Fe (III)-reducing microorganisms are capable of oxidizing Fe (II) with
nitrate as the electron acceptor. This enzymatic pathway may facilitate the development of …

Traditionally, the identification and characterization of microbial communities in
contaminated soil and water has previously been limited to those microorganisms that are …