Oil and fuel spills occur regularly in terrestrial and aquatic environments and substances
such as crude oil can contain many compounds that are highly resistant to degradation …

Conversion of unsaturated long chain fatty acids (LCFA) to methane in continuous
bioreactors is not fully understood. Palmitate (C16: 0) often accumulates during oleate (C18 …

In order to solve the low removal efficiency of 1-Hexadecene in industrial wastewater
treatment plants and fill the knowledge gap of its microbial metabolic mechanisms, this work …

Featured Application The developed mathematical model can be used as a decision-
supporting tool for the definition of the best strategies for in situ bioremediation of …

Hexadecene has been detected at a level of mg/L in both influent and effluent of wastewater
treatment plants situated in chemical/pharmaceutical industrial parks, which poses a …

Hydrocarbon-containing wastes and wastewaters are produced worldwide by the activities
of the oil and gas industry. Anaerobic digestion has the potential to treat these waste …

Microbial communities with the ability to convert long-chain fatty acids (LCFA) coupled to
sulfate reduction can be important in the removal of these compounds from wastewater. In …

Glycerol‐rich waste streams produced by the biodiesel, bioethanol and oleochemical
industries can be treated and valorized by anaerobic microbial communities to produce …

Petroleum spills are frequent across the globe because petroleum is heavily used as a fuel
(Ahmed and Fakhruddin 2018). As a consequence, shorelines, waterways, and even soils …

5th edition of the International Conference Wastes: Solutions, Treatments and Opportunities,
that took place on 4–6 September 2019, in Costa da Caparica, Portugal. The 2019 edition …