Remediation of petroleum-contaminated soils with microbial and microbial combined methods: Advances, mechanisms, and challenges

X Sui, X Wang, Y Li, H Ji - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The petroleum industry's development has been supported by the demand for petroleum
and its by-products. During extraction and transportation, however, oil will leak into the soil …

Colour me blue: the history and the biotechnological potential of pyocyanin

T Gonçalves, U Vasconcelos - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Pyocyanin was the first natural phenazine described. The molecule is synthesized by about
95% of the strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. From discovery up to now, pyocyanin has …

Degradation of PAHs using TiO2 as a semiconductor in the heterogeneous photocatalysis process: A systematic review

FC Monteiro, IDL Guimaraes… - … of Photochemistry and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) are organic compounds formed by
benzene rings fused in their structure, arranged in different ways, and may have different …

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from petroleum oil industry activities: effect on human health and their biodegradation

SJ Varjani, RR Joshi, P Senthil Kumar… - Waste …, 2018 - Springer
Nowadays pollution control and abatement are critical issues faced by environmental
scientists due to rapid industrialization. Petroleum industry is one of the major industries …

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in coffee samples: Enquiry into processes and analytical methods

A Binello, G Cravotto, J Menzio, S Tagliapietra - Food Chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are considered to be potentially genotoxic and
carcinogenic in humans. These ubiquitous environmental pollutants may derive from the …

Comparative assessment of soil microbial community in crude oil contaminated sites

G Yerulker, P Patel, A Chafale, V Rathod, S Das… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Petroleum refineries generate oily sludge that contains hazardous polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons (PAH), and hence, its proper disposal is of foremost concern. Analysis of the …

Albic podzols of boreal pine forests of Russia: soil organic matter, physicochemical and microbiological properties across pyrogenic history

AA Dymov, ID Grodnitskaya, EV Yakovleva… - Forests, 2022 - mdpi.com
Albic podzols under pine forests are more prone to fires on the planet. The influence of fire
extends to all soil components, including chemical properties, microbiological …

Fire-induced alterations of soil properties in albic podzols developed under pine forests (middle taiga, Krasnoyarsky Kray)

AA Dymov, VV Startsev, EV Yakovleva, YA Dubrovskiy… - Fire, 2023 - mdpi.com
Fires are one of the most widespread factors of changes in the ecosystems of boreal forests.
The paper presents the results of a study of the morphological and physicochemical …

Chemo-metric engineering designs for deciphering the biodegradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

DK Pandya, MA Kumar - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are non-polar organic compounds that are
omnipresent in the environment and released due to anthropogenic activities through …

Use of agro-industrial waste in the removal of phenanthrene and pyrene by microbial consortia in soil

TG Cavalcanti, AF de Souza, GF Ferreira… - Waste and Biomass …, 2019 - Springer
The addition of co-substrates as adjuvants to the bioremediation process enables almost
complete removal of the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in the soil. The aim of this …