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Record Nr.

UNINA9910349450903321

Titolo

Consequences of Microbial Interactions with Hydrocarbons, Oils, and Lipids: Biodegradation and Bioremediation / / edited by Robert J. Steffan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

3-319-50433-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (50 illus., 30 illus. in color. eReference.)

Collana

Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology

Disciplina

628.161

Soggetti

Microbiology

Industrial microbiology

Environmental engineering

Biotechnology

Bioremediation

Biodiversity

Industrial Microbiology

Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

In this book international experts discuss the state-of-the-art in the biological degradation of hydrocarbons to meet remedial or disposal goals. The work focuses on practical applications, often on globally important scales including the remediation of some of the world’s largest crude oil spills. Other related chapters discuss important implications of microbial transformation of hydrocarbons, including treatment of high fat processing wastes, impacts of microbial biodegradation activity on industrial processes, and the implications of microbial oil degradation in relation to modern oil extraction processes like hydraulic fracturing of shales and extraction of oil sands.