Petroleum hydrocarbon rich oil refinery sludge of North-East India harbours anaerobic, fermentative, sulfate-reducing, syntrophic and methanogenic microbial populations

Petroleum hydrocarbon rich oil refinery sludge of North-East India harbours anaerobic, fermentative, sulfate-reducing, syntrophic and methanogenic microbial populations

Abstract Background Sustainable management of voluminous and hazardous oily sludge produced by petroleum refineries remains a challenging problem worldwide. Characterization of microbial communities of petroleum contaminated sites has been considered as the essential prerequisite for implementation...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ajoy Roy, Pinaki Sar, Jayeeta Sarkar, Avishek Dutta, Poulomi Sarkar, Abhishek Gupta, Balaram Mohapatra, Siddhartha Pal, Sufia K Kazy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-10-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Subjects:
Refinery sludge
Microbial diversity
Total petroleum hydrocarbon
PICRUSt
Bioremediation
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12866-018-1275-8

Internet

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12866-018-1275-8

Similar Items