Microbial Degradation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons: Realities, Challenges and Prospects

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dc.contributor.authorUnimke, A. A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMmuoegbulam, O. A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAnika, O. C.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-06T09:41:14Z
dc.date.available2019-12-06T09:41:14Z
dc.date.issued2018-11
dc.description.abstractOne of the emerging environmental challenges today is hydrocarbon pollution arising from activities of petrochemical industries, natural sources of crude oil pollution and other anthropogenic activities. These petroleum products contain harmful, carcinogenic and mutagenic compounds which could have severe consequences on biotic and abiotic components of the ecosystem. Physicochemical and biological methods are employed for the remediation of hydrocarbon contaminated systems; however, the negative impacts of the physicochemical approach are presently directing greater attention to the exploitation of the biological alternatives. This article reviews basic concepts of petroleum hydrocarbons, hydrocarbon degrading microorganisms, factors that influence the biodegradation of contaminants and innovative technologies for the effective removal of these pollutants. This article also discusses the applications of relative advances in molecular biological techniques, such as the isolation of plasmid DNA of microbial communities and the use of genetically engineered microorganisms to increase the rates of biodegradation of hydrocarbon pollutants in the environment.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Calabar, P.M.B. 1115, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Calabar, P.M.B. 1115, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Calabar, P.M.B. 1115, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria.en_US
dc.identifier.citationUnimke A. A., Mmuoegbulam O. A., Anika O. C.. Microbial Degradation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons: Realities, Challenges and Prospects. Biotechnology Journal International. 2018 Nov; 22(2): 1-10en_US
dc.identifier.issn2456-7051
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/188626
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherScience Domain Internationalen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber2en_US
dc.relation.volume22en_US
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.9734/BJI/2018/43957en_US
dc.subjectRecent advancesen_US
dc.subjectmicrobialen_US
dc.subjectdegradationen_US
dc.subjectpetroleumen_US
dc.subjecthydrocarbonen_US
dc.titleMicrobial Degradation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons: Realities, Challenges and Prospectsen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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