With the sharp increase in population and modernization of society, environmental pollution
resulting from petroleum hydrocarbons has increased, resulting in an urgent need for …

Bioremediation uses microbial metabolism in the presence of optimum environmental
conditions and sufficient nutrients to breakdown contaminants notably petroleum …

Once in the ocean, plastics are rapidly colonized by complex microbial communities. Factors
affecting the development and composition of these communities are still poorly understood …

Offshore oil spills are of tremendous concern due to their potential impact on economic and
ecological systems. A number of major oil spills triggered worldwide consciousness of oil …

ABSTRACT A significant portion of oil from the recent Deepwater Horizon (DH) oil spill in the
Gulf of Mexico was transported to the shoreline, where it may have severe ecological and …

Bioremediation is an environmental sustainable and cost-effective technology for the
cleanup of hydrocarbon-polluted soils and coasts. In spite of that longer times are usually …

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 …

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are widespread in various ecosystems and are
pollutants of great concern due to their potential toxicity, mutagenicity and carcinogenicity …

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill produced large subsurface plumes of dispersed oil and gas
in the Gulf of Mexico that stimulated growth of psychrophilic, hydrocarbon degrading …

Crude oil has been part of the marine environment for millions of years, and microbes that
use its rich source of energy and carbon are found in seawater, sediments, and shorelines …