Bioremediation of petroleum-contaminated soil: A Review

Petroleum is the major source of energy for various industries and daily life. Releasing petroleum into the environment whether accidentally or due to human activities is a main cause of soil pollution. Soil contaminated with petroleum has a serious hazard to human health and causes environmental pr...

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Published inIOP conference series. Earth and environmental science Vol. 118; no. 1; pp. 12063 - 12069
Main Author Yuniati, M D
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bristol IOP Publishing 01.02.2018
Subjects
Bioremediation
Contaminants
Decontamination
Environmental health
Health hazards
Microorganisms
Petroleum
Petroleum hydrocarbons
Petroleum industry
Physicochemical treatment
Pollutant removal
Pollutants
Soil contamination
Soil degradation
Soil pollution
Soils
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Summary:Petroleum is the major source of energy for various industries and daily life. Releasing petroleum into the environment whether accidentally or due to human activities is a main cause of soil pollution. Soil contaminated with petroleum has a serious hazard to human health and causes environmental problems as well. Petroleum pollutants, mainly hydrocarbon, are classified as priority pollutants. The application of microorganisms or microbial processes to remove or degrade contaminants from soil is called bioremediation. This microbiological decontamination is claimed to be an efficient, economic and versatile alternative to physicochemical treatment. This article presents an overview about bioremediation of petroleum-contaminated soil. It also includes an explanation about the types of bioremediation technologies as well as the processes.
ISSN:1755-1307
1755-1315
DOI:10.1088/1755-1315/118/1/012063