Petroleum hydrocarbon pollutants are recalcitrant compounds and are classified as priority
pollutants. Cleaning up of these pollutants from environment is a real world problem …

Petroleum is the most common global fossil fuel. It is a complex multi-component system
mainly composed of various hydrocarbons such as alkanes, cycloalkanes, mono-, bi-and …

Control and prevention of environmental pollution has become a worldwide issue of
concern. Aromatic hydrocarbons including benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene, xylene (BTEX) …

Hydrocarbon pollution due to activities of petroleum industry is a major problem worldwide
especially in developing countries like India. Hydrocarbon utilizing bacterial consortium …

Brevibacillus laterosporus, a bacterium characterized by the production of a unique canoe-
shaped lamellar body attached to one side of the spore, is a natural inhabitant of water, soil …

Phenol degradation by Bacillus cereus AKG1 MTCC9817 and AKG2 MTCC 9818 was
investigated and degradation kinetics are reported for the free and Ca-alginate gel …

Studies on the degradation of phenol by isolated strains of Pseudomonas putida Tan-1 and
Staphylococcus aureus Tan-2 were carried out under single as well as mixed culture. The …

Original Research Article Isolation and Screening for Hydrocarbon Utilizing Bacteria (HUB)
from Petroleum Samples Introductio Page 1 Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci (2013) 2(4): 48-60 48 …

Introduction Wastewater derived from leather production may contain phenols, which are
highly toxic, and their degradation could be possible through bioremediation technologies …

The adverse ecological and socio-economic effects of oil pollution demand that eco-friendly
and proficient remediation technologies be devised as countermeasures. The synergistic …