Biodegradation of hydrocarbons

Ratledge C (1978) Degradation of aliphatic hydrocarbons. In Developments in Biodegradation of Hydrocarbons-1 (Ed RJ Watkinson), pp 1-46. Applied Science Publishers Ltd, London. 

Walter MV, EC Neilson, G Eirmstone, DG Martin, Ml Clayton, S Simpson, S Spaulding (1997) Surfactant enhances biodegradation of hydrocarbons microcosm and field study. J Soil Contam 6 61-77. 

American Petroleum Institute, 1987, Field Study of Enhanced Subsurface Biodegradation of Hydrocarbons Using Hydrogen Peroxide as an Oxygen Source. American Petroleum Institute, Publication No. 4448, Washington, D.C., 76 pp. 

Oil Gator is a chemically modified cellulosic fiber that promotes in sitn biodegradation of hydrocarbons. According to the manufacturer, when the fiber is moistened, the bacteria reproduce and adapt to the available hydrocarbon food source. Oil Gator also extracts hydrocarbons by adsorption. 

The BioTreat system is an in or ex situ treatment that uses specifically selected enzymes and nutrients to encourage biodegradation of hydrocarbons with the indigenous microorganisms. According to the vendor, the system has been used at a number of sites, however, no further information was available. The current availability of this technology is uncertain, however, the vendor has indicated that they plan to offer an improved version of BioTreat in the future. 

Hopper, D.J. (1978). Microbial degradation of aromatic hydrocarbons. In Developments in Biodegradation of Hydrocarbons - 1, ed. R. J. Watkinson, pp. 83-112. London Applied Science Publishers. 

Hopper DJ. 1978. Microbial degradation of aromatic hydrocarbons. In Watkinson RJ, ed. Developments in biodegradation of hydrocarbons. London, England Applied Science, 85-112. 

Cozzarelli 1. M., Eganhouse R. P., Godsy E. M., WarrenE., and Bekins B. A. (2001b) Measurement of biodegradation of hydrocarbons in situ under different redox conditions. In 20th Int. Mtg of Organic Geochemistry, 10-14 Sept. 2001, 2pp. 

Ostendorf DW, Kampbell DH. 1991. Biodegradation of hydrocarbon vapors in the unsaturated zone. Water Resources Research 27 453-462. 

Cripps, R.E. and R.J. Watkinson. 1978. Polycyclic hydrocarbons metabolism and environmental aspects pp. 113-134. In Developments in Biodegradation of Hydrocarbons—1 (Ed. R.J. Watkinson). Applied Science Publishers Ltd., London. 

In Development in Biodegradation of Hydrocarbons — 1. (Ed. R.J. Watkinson). Applied Science Publishers., London. 

Field Study of Enhanced Subsurface Biodegradation of Hydrocarbons Using Hydrogen Peroxide as an Oxygen Source... 

Oil samples were analyzed for remaining low-molecular-weight hydrocarbons by equilibrating 10-20 mL of the original or surface-collected oil with 70 mL of seawater collected outside the spill area. The oil and water were hand-shaken gently and periodically for 24 hr or more to establish equilibrium, Mercuric chloride added to water samples at time of collection prevented possible biodegradation of hydrocarbons during the oil-water equilibration. This water was analyzed by the gas-equilibration technique. 

Biodegradation Biodegradation of hydrocarbons by natural populations of microorganisms (such as many species of bacteria, fungi, and yeasts) represents one of the primary mechanisms by which petroleum and other hydrocarbon pollutants are eliminated from the environment. The biodegradation of petroleum and other hydrocarbons in the environment is a long-term complex process, whose quantitative and qualitative aspects depend on the type, nature and amount of the oil or hydrocarbon present, the ambient and seasonal environmental conditions (such as temperature, oxygen, nutrients, water activity, sahnity, and pH), and the composition of the autochthonous microbial community. 

To date, most studies of anaerobic biodegradation of hydrocarbons in the subsurface have concentrated upon individual bacteria and terminal electron acceptors (Widdel Rabus 2001 Magot et al. 2000), but subsurface anaerobic biodegradation of hydrocarbons is often... 

Gunther, T, Dornberger, U., Fritsche, W., 1996. Effects of ryegrass on biodegradation of hydrocarbons in soil. Chemosphere 33, 203-215. 

Scholz C, FuUer RC, Lenz RW (1994) Growth and polymer incorporation of Pseudomonas oleo-vorans on alkyl esters of heptanoic acid. Macromolecules 27 2886-2889 Scott G (1994) Environmental biodegradation of hydrocarbon polymers. In Doi Y, Fukuda K (eds) Biodegradable plastics and polymers. Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp 79-91 Scott G (1997) Abiotic control of polymer biodegradation. Trends Polym Sd 5 361-368 Scott G (1999) Biodegradable polymers. In Scott G (ed) Polymers and the environment. Royal Society of Chemistry, London, pp. 93-125 Scott G (2000) Green polymers. Polym Degrad Stab 68 1-7... 

Kaezorek E. Effect of external addition of rhamnolipids biosurfactant on the modification of gram positive and gram negative bacteria cell surfaces during biodegradation of hydrocarbon fuel contamination. Pol J Environ Stud 2012 21 901. 

Amphiphilic EPSs are likely to have contributed to the ultimate removal of the oil and to the formation of oil aggregates, which were a dominant feature observed in contaminated surface waters. The potential of Halomonas EPS to influence the biodegradation of hydrocarbons due to amphiphilic properties that allow these macromolecules to interface with hydrophobic substrates was discussed. It effectively increases the... 

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