Petroleum microbiology is a branch of microbiology that deals with the study of microorganisms that can metabolize or alter crude or refined petroleum products. These microorganisms, also called hydrocarbonoclastic microorganisms, can degrade hydrocarbons and, include a wide distribution of bacteria, methanogenic archaea, and some fungi. Not all hydrocarbonoclasic microbes depend on hydrocarbons to survive, but instead may use petroleum products as alternative carbon and energy sources. Interest in this field is growing due to the increasing use of bioremediation of oil spills.[1][2][3]
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Petroleummicrobiology is a branch of microbiology that deals with the study of microorganisms that can metabolize or alter crude or refined petroleum...
The name petroleum covers both naturally occurring unprocessed crude oil and petroleum products that consist of refined crude oil. Petroleum is primarily...
field incorporating, among others: geology, chemistry, microbiology, fluid mechanics, petroleum engineering, environmental engineering and chemical engineering...
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pollutants Petroleummicrobiology McGill, W.B. (1977-04-01). "Soil Restoration Following Oil Spills - A Review". Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology...
A petroleum seep is a place where natural liquid or gaseous hydrocarbons escape to the Earth's atmosphere and surface, normally under low pressure or...
The petroleum fly, Helaeomyia petrolei, is a species of fly from California, USA. The larvae feed on dead insects and other arthropods that become trapped...
the fossil fuel industries, hydrocarbon refers to naturally occurring petroleum, natural gas and coal, or their hydrocarbon derivatives and purified forms...
gum and its potential applications in enhancement of petroleum production". Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology. 6 (4): 743–747...
laboratory. The study of bacteria is known as bacteriology, a branch of microbiology. Like all animals, humans carry vast numbers (approximately 1013 to 1014)...
University. Rosenberg performed his Ph.D. research in the field of petroleummicrobiology, under the supervision of Eugene Rosenberg and David Gutnick. His...
An oil spill is the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment, especially the marine ecosystem, due to human activity, and is a form...
microorganisms to degrade or convert such compounds. In environmental microbiology, genome-based global studies are increasing the understanding of metabolic...
rubber and the petroleum. In 1954, he founded the Belco Petroleum Corporation which was dedicated to the exploration and development of petroleum fields in...
alternative name for mineral oil. White oil is sold commercially as a petroleum oil-based organic pesticide, in both a concentrate, and ready-to-use spray...
added to the flow to discourage the growth of bacteria which cause microbiological corrosion. Regular cleaning is done through the use of a maintenance...
offshore well was drilled in 1954 at Soldado.: 1 Evidence of an active microbiological ecosystem in Pitch Lake has been reported. The microbial diversity...
studies in microbial degradation of petroleum hydrocarbons in hypersaline environments". Frontiers in Microbiology. 5: 173. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2014.00173...
byproduct of removing sulfur-containing contaminants from natural gas and petroleum. The greatest commercial use of the element is the production of sulfuric...
asphalt pits, are large asphalt deposits. They form in the presence of petroleum, which is created when decayed organic matter is subjected to pressure...
primary roles of fungi in an ecosystem is to decompose organic compounds. Petroleum products and some pesticides (typical soil contaminants) are organic molecules...
the former Society for General Microbiology (now Microbiology Society) as Convenor of the Environmental Microbiology group (2005-2008) and was the first...
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