Current state of knowledge in microbial degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs): a review

D Ghosal, S Ghosh, TK Dutta, Y Ahn - Frontiers in microbiology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) include a group of organic priority pollutants of
critical environmental and public health concern due to their toxic, genotoxic, mutagenic …

Recent advances in petroleum microbiology

JD Van Hamme, A Singh, OP Ward - Microbiology and molecular …, 2003 - Am Soc Microbiol
Recent advances in molecular biology have extended our understanding of the metabolic
processes related to microbial transformation of petroleum hydrocarbons. The physiological …

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: environmental pollution and bioremediation

SK Samanta, OV Singh, RK Jain - TRENDS in Biotechnology, 2002 - cell.com
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are widely distributed and relocated in the
environment as a result of the incomplete combustion of organic matter. Many PAHs and …

[HTML][HTML] Bioremediation of polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) using rhizosphere technology

S Bisht, P Pandey, B Bhargava, S Sharma… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2015 - SciELO Brasil
The remediation of polluted sites has become a priority for society because of increase in
quality of life standards and the awareness of environmental issues. Over the past few …

Real-Time PCR quantification of PAH-ring hydroxylating dioxygenase (PAH-RHDα) genes from Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria in soil and sediment …

A Cébron, MP Norini, T Beguiristain, C Leyval - Journal of microbiological …, 2008 - Elsevier
Real-Time PCR based assays were developed to quantify Gram positive (GP) and Gram
negative (GN) bacterial populations that are capable of degrading the polycyclic aromatic …

Genetics of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon metabolism in diverse aerobic bacteria

H Habe, T Omori - Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), which consist of two or more fused aromatic rings,
are widespread in the environment and persist over long periods of time. The …

[HTML][HTML] Insights into the mechanisms underlying efficient Rhizodegradation of PAHs in biochar-amended soil: From microbial communities to soil metabolomics

X Li, Y Song, Y Bian, C Gu, X Yang, F Wang… - Environment …, 2020 - Elsevier
The combined effects of biochar amendment and the rhizosphere on the soil metabolic
microbiome during the remediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)-contaminated …

Microbial communities to mitigate contamination of PAHs in soil—possibilities and challenges: a review

F Fernández-Luqueño, C Valenzuela-Encinas… - … Science and Pollution …, 2011 - Springer
Background, aim, and scope Although highly diverse and specialized prokaryotic and
eukaryotic microbial communities in soil degrade polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) …

[HTML][HTML] Diversity of biosurfactant producing microorganisms isolated from soils contaminated with diesel oil

FM Bento, FA de Oliveira Camargo, BC Okeke… - Microbiological …, 2005 - Elsevier
Biosurfactant production is a desirable property of hydrocarbon-degrading microorganisms
(HDM). We characterized biosurfactant producing microbial populations from a Long Beach …

Microbial PAH-degradation in soil: degradation pathways and contributing factors

XX Zhang, SP Cheng, ZHU Cheng-Jun, SUN Shi-Lei - Pedosphere, 2006 - Elsevier
Adverse effects on the environment and high persistence in the microbial degradation and
environmental fate of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are motivating interest. Many …