Microbial degradation of petroleum hydrocarbons: an environmental perspective

Solubility in Water of Paraffin, Cycloparaffin, Olefin, Acetylene, Cycloolefin, and Aromatic Hydrocarbons¹

1966 • 744 citations

Effect of environmental parameters on the biodegradation of oil sludge

1979 • 550 citations

Microbial co-metabolism and the degradation of organic compounds in nature

1972 • 388 citations

Transmissible Plasmid Coding Early Enzymes of Naphthalene Oxidation in Pseudomonas putida

1973 • 386 citations

Microbial Degradation of Aromatic Compounds

1968 • 302 citations

Bacterial degradation of crude oil: Comparison of field and experimental data

1973 • 263 citations

ACTION OF MICROÖRGANISMS ON HYDROCARBONS 1

1946 • 261 citations

Degradation and mineralization of petroleum in sea water: Limitation by nitrogen and phosphorous

1972 • 252 citations

Oxidation of the Carcinogens Benzo[ a ]pyrene and Benzo[ a ]anthracene to Dihydrodiols by a Bacterium

1975 • 244 citations

Microbial Transformation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Pristine and Petroleum-Contaminated Sediments

1978 • 241 citations

The Microbiology of Aquatic Oil Spills

1977 • 226 citations

Enumeration of petroleum-degrading marine and estuarine microorganisms by the most probable number method

1978 • 224 citations

Oil Pollution: Persistence and Degradation of Spilled Fuel Oil

1972 • 222 citations

Microbial Degradation of Organic Matter in the Deep Sea

1971 • 218 citations

Ecological Aspects of Microbial Degradation of Petroleum in the Marine Environment

1977 • 216 citations

Hydrocarbon Biodegradation in Hypersaline Environments

1978 • 202 citations

Genetic Basis of the Biodegradation of Salicylate in Pseudomonas

1972 • 200 citations

Microbial Utilization of Crude Oil

1972 • 200 citations

Effect of Estuarine Sediment pH and Oxidation-Reduction Potential on Microbial Hydrocarbon Degradation

1980 • 200 citations

Genetic Regulation of Octane Dissimilation Plasmid in Pseudomonas

1973 • 197 citations

Torrey Canyon Pollution and Marine Life.

1968 • 197 citations

Oxidation of Naphthalene by Cyanobacteria and Microalgae

1980 • 194 citations

Oil degradation in soil

1976 • 193 citations

The Biology of Hydrocarbons

1965 • 190 citations

Microbial Degradation of Crude Oil: Factors Affecting the Dispersion in Sea Water by Mixed and Pure Cultures

1972 • 189 citations

Determination of Hydrocarbons in Seawater Extracts of Crude Oil and Crude Oil Fractions

1971 • 188 citations

Hydrocarbons as substrates for microorganisms

1962 • 185 citations

The ecological effects of oil pollution on littoral communities

1972 • 178 citations

Effects of Temperature and Crude Oil Composition on Petroleum Biodegradation

1975 • 166 citations

Stimulated biodegradation of oil slicks using oleophilic fertilizers

1973 • 155 citations

Biodegradability and crude oil composition

1974 • 153 citations

Effect of Amendments on the Microbial Utilization of Oil Applied to Soil

1974 • 145 citations

Biodegradation of petroleum in seawater at low temperatures

1972 • 145 citations

OIL TANKERS AND POLLUTION: A MICROBIOLOGICAL APPROACH

1977 • 144 citations

Crude oil utilization by fungi

1979 • 138 citations

Hydrocarbon Metabolism by Brevibacterium erythrogenes : Normal and Branched Alkanes

1974 • 138 citations

Stimulated Petroleum Biodegradation

1977 • 137 citations

Microbial cooxidations involving hydrocarbons

1979 • 132 citations

The environmental fate of stranded crude oil

1973 • 130 citations

Algal oxidation of aromatic hydrocarbons: Formation of 1-naphthol from naphthalene by Agmenellum quadruplicatum, strain PR-6

1979 • 127 citations

Metabolism of Naphthalene by the Cyanobacterium Oscillatoria sp., Strain JCM

1980 • 126 citations

Chemical and biological weathering of oil, from the Amoco Cadiz spillage, within the littoral zone

1981 • 121 citations

Degradation and mineralization of petroleum by two bacteria isolated from coastal waters

1972 • 114 citations

Biodegradation of acyclic isoprenoids by Pseudomonas species

1978 • 108 citations

The Mechanisms of Microbial Oxidations of Petroleum Hydrocarbons

1965 • 106 citations

Metabolism of naphthalene by Cunninghamella elegans

1977 • 104 citations

Biological aspects of land rehabilitation following hydrocarbon contamination

1975 • 103 citations

The Microbial Oxidation of Aromatic Hydrocarbons

1971 • 99 citations

Aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase activity in the fungus Cunninghamella bainieri: Evidence for the presence of cytochrome P-450

1976 • 97 citations

Assimilation of Hydrocarbons by Microorganisms

1950 • 95 citations

Microbial Degradation of High-Molecular-Weight Alkanes

1974 • 95 citations

Distribution of hydrocarbon-utilizing bacteria in Northwestern Atlantic waters and coastal sediments

1974 • 94 citations

Microbial growth on hydrocarbons: terminal branching inhibits biodegradation

1979 • 94 citations

Analyses of Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Intertidal Sediments Resulting from Two Spills of No. 2 Fuel Oil in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts

1978 • 93 citations

Enumeration of petroleum-degrading microorganisms

1976 • 91 citations

Fungal transformation of naphthalene

1978 • 91 citations

Microbial Degradation of Cycloparaffinic Hydrocarbons via Co-metabolism and Commensalism

1974 • 88 citations

THE OCCURRENCE, EFFECTS, AND FATE OF OIL POLLUTING THE SEA

1964 • 86 citations

Numerical taxonomy and ecology of petroleum-degrading bacteria

1977 • 86 citations

Degradation of Petroleum by an Alga, Prototheca Zopfii

1975 • 86 citations

Microbial Modification Of Crude Oil In The Sea

1969 • 85 citations

Biodegradation rates of components of petroleum

1976 • 85 citations

Indigenous and petroleum-derived hydrocarbons in a polluted sediment

1972 • 82 citations

Microbial petroleum degradation: application of computerized mass spectrometry

1975 • 79 citations

Sequential Growth of Bacteria on Crude Oil

1975 • 78 citations

14C-most-probable-number method for enumeration of active heterotrophic microorganisms in natural waters

1979 • 77 citations

Degradation of Hydrocarbons by Members of the Genus Candida II. Oxidation of n -Alkanes and 1-Alkenes by Candida lipolytica

1967 • 76 citations

Measuring the potential activity of hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria

1976 • 76 citations

Microbial Metabolism of Alicyclic Hydrocarbons: Isolation and Properties of a Cyclohexane-degrading Bacterium

1977 • 75 citations

Microbial Conversion of Petro-sulfur Compounds

1970 • 75 citations

Microbial degradation of model petroleum at low temperatures

1974 • 75 citations

Microbial Oxidation of Methyl Branched Alkanes

1977 • 75 citations

Bacterial oxidation of cycloparaffinic hydrocarbons

1965 • 74 citations

Microbial Hydrocarbon Co-oxidation

1967 • 74 citations

Microbial changes during oil decomposition in soil

1979 • 74 citations

Utilization of normal alkanes by yeasts

1966 • 73 citations

Enzyme recruitment allows the biodegradation of recalcitrant branched hydrocarbons by Pseudomonas citronellolis

1979 • 73 citations

Metabolism of naphthalene by cell extracts of Cunninghamella elegans

1978 • 73 citations

Comparison of the biodegradability of crude and fuel oils

1976 • 73 citations

The bacterial degradation of fluoranthene and benzo[a]pyrene

1975 • 72 citations

Microbial Degradation and Assimilation ofn-Alkyl-Substituted Cycloparaffins

1974 • 72 citations

Photo-oxidation as a factor in the environmental dispersal of crude oil

1974 • 71 citations

Microbial Metabolism of the Isoprenoid Alkane Pristane

1971 • 71 citations

Effect of Environmental Parameters on Bacterial Degradation of Bunker C Oil, Crude Oils, and Hydrocarbons

1974 • 71 citations

Fate and effects of polluting petroleum in the marine environment

1973 • 70 citations

Degradation of hydrocarbons in oxidized and reduced sediments

1980 • 69 citations

Microbial Petroleum Degradation: Use of Mixed Hydrocarbon Substrates

1974 • 68 citations

The chemistry and biochemistry of phytanic, pristanic and related acids

1975 • 67 citations

Crude oil spills. Disappearance of aromatic and aliphatic components from small sea-surface slicks

1975 • 67 citations

Growth of a Thermophilic Bacterium on Hydrocarbons: A New Source of Single-Cell Protein

1967 • 67 citations

Prudhoe Crude Oil in Arctic Marine Ice, Water, and Sediment Ecosystems: Degradation and Interactions with Microbial and Benthic Communities

1978 • 67 citations

An Ecological Survey of Hydrocarbon-oxidizing Micro-organisms

1968 • 66 citations

Effect of iron on the biodegradation of petroleum in seawater

1976 • 65 citations

REHABILITATION OF OIL-INUNDATED AGRICULTURAL LAND

1979 • 65 citations

Environmental factors influencing the rate of hydrocarbon oxidation in temperate lakes

1976 • 64 citations

Effect of Four Dispersants on Biodegradation and Growth of Bacteria on Crude Oil

1974 • 64 citations

Paraffin Oxidation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa I. Induction of Paraffin Oxidation

1968 • 63 citations

Abundance, distribution and oil biodegradation potential of micro-organisms in Raritan Bay

1973 • 62 citations

Oxidation of biphenyl by the Cyanobacterium, Oscillatoria sp., strain JCM

1980 • 61 citations

Déshydrogénation d'hydrocarbures paraffiniques par les suspensions non-proliférantes et les extraits de Pseudomonas aeruginosa

1961 • 60 citations

The Extracellular Accumulation of Metabolic Products by Hydrocarbon-Degrading Microorganisms

1971 • 60 citations

Changes in the Flora of Soil Fungi Following Oil Waste Application

1976 • 59 citations

Oxidation of Aromatic Compounds by Bacteria

1961 • 58 citations

Deep-sea bacteria: growth and utilization of n-hexadecane at in situ temperature and pressure

1975 • 58 citations

Crude oil degradation by microorganisms isolated from the marine environment

1973 • 58 citations

Microbial degradation of oil spills enhanced by a slow-release fertilizer

1976 • 56 citations

In situ degradation of oil in a soil of the boreal region of the Northwest Territories

1978 • 56 citations

Microbial Ecology Studies of the Metula Spill in the Straits of Magellan

1978 • 56 citations

Anaerobic metabolism of hexadecane in sediments

1978 • 55 citations

Importance of Sediment Working by the Deposit-Feeding Polychaete Arenicola marina on the Weathering Rate of Sediment-Bound Oil

1978 • 55 citations

Anaerobic Formation of n-Hept-l-ene from n-Heptane by Resting Cells of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

1962 • 55 citations

Bacterial Flora of Soil after Application of Oily Waste

1975 • 53 citations

Microbial degradation of the water-soluble fraction of gas oil—I

1978 • 52 citations

BIODEGRADATION OF AROMATIC PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS

1977 • 52 citations

Deep-Sea Bacteria: Growth and Utilization of Hydrocarbons at Ambient and In Situ Pressure

1974 • 52 citations

N-Alkane oxidation enzymes of a pseudomonad

1977 • 51 citations

Co-metabolism as a factor in microbial degradation of cycloparaffinic hydrocarbons

1973 • 51 citations

Taxonomic value of the property of fungi to assimilate hydrocarbons

1968 • 50 citations

ACCUMULATION AND TURNOVER OF PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS IN MARINE ORGANISMS

1977 • 50 citations

UTILIZATION OF MIXED HYDROCARBON SUBSTRATE BY PETROLEUM-DEGRADING MICROORGANISMS

1975 • 50 citations

Response of Microorganisms to an Accidental Gasoline Spillage in an Arctic Freshwater Ecosystem

1977 • 48 citations

Response of microbial populations in Arctic tundra soils to crude oil

1977 • 47 citations

Bacterial Oxidation of Hydrocarbons**Dedicated to the memory of a contemporary pioneer in hydrocarbon microbiology—Dr. R. J. Strawinski, who died January 27, 1961. The literature coverage for material in this article was concluded March 31, 1961. Preparation of this paper was aided by a National Science Foundation research grant.

1962 • 47 citations

Inhibition by fatty acids of the biodegradation of petroleum

1973 • 47 citations

Distribution of Hydrocarbon-Utilizing Microorganisms and Hydrocarbon Biodegradation Potentials in Alaskan Continental Shelf Areas

1978 • 47 citations

Continuous Open Flow-Through System as a Model for Oil Degradation in the Arctic Ocean

1977 • 46 citations

Microbial Metabolism of Cyclic Hydrocarbons and Related Compounds

1977 • 45 citations

Quantitative studies on marine biodegradation of oil II. Effect of temperature

1975 • 45 citations

Fungal oxidation of benzo[a]pyrene and (+/-)-trans-7,8-dihydroxy-7,8-dihydrobenzo[a]pyrene. Evidence for the formation of a benzo[a]pyrene 7,8-diol-9,10-epoxide.

1980 • 45 citations

Microbial oxidation of mineral oils in Barataria Bay bottom deposits

1966 • 44 citations

Bacterial Growth Kinetics on Diphenylmethane and Naphthalene-Heptamethylnonane Mixtures

1977 • 44 citations

Subterminal Oxidation of Aliphatic Hydrocarbons by Microorganisms

1971 • 43 citations

ASSIMILATION OF HYDROCARBONS BY YEASTS

1964 • 42 citations

Some effects of petroleum on estuarine and marine microorganisms

1975 • 42 citations

A radioisotope assay for the quantification of hydrocarbon biodegradation potential in environmental samples

1975 • 41 citations

The Decomposition of Crude oil Residues in Sand Columns

1970 • 41 citations

Isolation and Peptidoglycan of Gram-negative Hydrocarbon-utilizing Thermophilic Bacteria

1978 • 41 citations

The origin of fatty acids in the hydrocarbon-utilizing microorganism Mycobacterium vaccae

1975 • 40 citations

Quantitative studies on marine biodegradation of oil I. Nutrient limitation at 14 °C

1975 • 39 citations

Bacterial degradation and emulsification of No. 6 fuel oil

1974 • 39 citations

Chemical Enhancement of the Biodegradation of Crude-Oil Pollutants

1972 • 37 citations

Microbial Conversion of Petro-sulfur Compounds

1968 • 37 citations

Biodegradation of Some Polynuclear Aromatic Petroleum Components by Marine Bacteria.

1975 • 36 citations

CHEVRON MAIN PASS BLOCK 41 OIL SPILL: CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS

1975 • 36 citations

MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF A LOUISIANA CRUDE OIL IN CLOSED FLASKS AND UNDER SIMULATED FIELD CONDITIONS

1971 • 36 citations

Thermophilic Bacterium isolated on n-Tetradecane

1967 • 35 citations

FUNGAL DEGRADATION OF OIL IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT

1976 • 35 citations

Microbial Decomposition of Hydrocarbons

1956 • 33 citations

Microbial degradation of oil

1972 • 33 citations

Residues of Bunker C Oil in Chedabucto Bay, Nova Scotia, 6 Years After the Arrow Spill

1978 • 33 citations

Long-chain n-alkanes occurring during microbial degradation of petroleum

1976 • 31 citations

Biochemical Activities of Nocardia

1971 • 31 citations

Kinetics Of Dissipation And Biodegradation Of Crude Oil In Alaska's Cook Inlet

1969 • 30 citations

Enumeration of Specific Populations by the Most-Probable-Number (MPN) Method

1979 • 30 citations

SOURCES AND BIODEGRADATION OF CARCINOGENIC HYDROCARBONS

1971 • 30 citations

Persistence of Oily Wastes in Polluted Water under Aerobic Conditions

1956 • 29 citations

Terrestrial Oil Spills in Alaska: Environmental Effects and Recovery

1973 • 29 citations

Microbial degradation of the water-soluble fraction of gas oil—II bioassays with pure strains

1978 • 29 citations

Degradation of Bunker C oil under different coastal environments of Chedabucto Bay, Nova Scotia

1974 • 29 citations

[STUDIES ON THE BACTERIAL DEGRADATION OF ISOPRENOIDS. V. THE MECHANISM OF ISOPRENOID DEGRADATION].

1964 • 28 citations

The effect of weathering on a crude oil residue exposed at sea

1975 • 28 citations

Crude Oil Biodegradation in Arctic Tundra Ponds

1978 • 28 citations

The Mechanism of Hydrocarbon Oxidation by aCorynebacteriumSpecies

1971 • 28 citations

Experimentell- ökologische Untersuchungen über die limitierenden Faktoren des mikrobiellen Ölabbaues im marinen Milieu

1967 • 28 citations

Weathering Characteristics of Petroleum Hydrocarbons Deposited in Fine Clay Marine Sediments, Searsport, Maine

1978 • 27 citations

Fate of Crude and Refined Oils in North Slope Soils

1978 • 26 citations

The rate of microbial degradation of oil in a beach gravel column

1976 • 26 citations

Enrichment for Estuarine Petroleum‐Degrading Bacteria using Liquid and Solid Media

1977 • 24 citations

LEACHING ASPECTS OF OIL SLUDGE BIODEGRADATION IN SOIL1

1979 • 24 citations

FATE OF PETROLEUM COMPONENTS IN ESTUARINE WATERS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES

1977 • 24 citations

GROWTH OF DEEP-SEA BACTERIA ON HYDROCARBONS AT AMBIENT AND IN-SITU PRESSURE

1975 • 23 citations

An MPN method for the enumeration of marine hydrocarbon degrading bacteria.

1978 • 23 citations

Factors Governing the Fate of Oil at Sea; Variations in the Amounts and Types of Dissolved or Dispersed Materials During the Weathering Process

1973 • 23 citations

Fungal oxidation of (+/-)-9,10-dihydroxy-9,10-dihydrobenzo[a]pyrene: formation of diastereomeric benzo[a]pyrene 9,10-diol 7,8-epoxides.

1980 • 23 citations

Bacterial degradation of motor oil.

1975 • 23 citations

Response of Microorganisms to Hot Crude Oil Spills on a Subarctic Taiga Soil

1978 • 21 citations

Evaluation of petroleum-degrading potential of bacteria from water and sediment

1975 • 21 citations

MICROORGANISMS AND HYDROCARBONS IN THE NORTH SEA DURING JULY-AUGUST 1975

1977 • 21 citations

Biodegradation of petroleum by Chesapeake Bay sediment bacteria

1976 • 20 citations

Characterization of microbial isolates from an estuarine ecosystem: relationship of hydrocarbon utilization to ambient hydrocarbon concentrations

1976 • 19 citations

Persistence and Biodegradation of Spilled Residual Fuel on an Estuarine Beach

1975 • 19 citations

Formation of n‐decene‐1 from n‐decane by resting cells of Candida rugosa

1969 • 19 citations

Clearing of teeth for study and demonstration of pulp

1976 • 19 citations

Anaerobic decomposition of oil in bottom sediments.

1975 • 17 citations

Hydrocarbons and Microbial Activities in Sediment of an Arctic Lake One Year After Contamination with Leaded Gasoline

1978 • 17 citations

Method for estimating the decomposition of hexadecane in the marine environment

1976 • 17 citations

MICROBIAL ECOLOGY AND THE PROBLEM OF PETROLEUM DEGRADATION IN CHESPEAKE BAY

1975 • 16 citations

Microbial Petroleum Degradation: The Role of Cladosporium Resinae

1973 • 16 citations

4833086 Microbial degradation of hydrocarbons

1989 • 16 citations

Measurement of Hydrocarbon Biodegradation Potentials and Enumeration of Hydrocarbon-Utilizing Microorganisms Using Carbon-14 Hydrocarbon-Spiked Crude Oil

1979 • 16 citations

Long-Term Fate of a Heavy Fuel Oil in a Spill-Contaminated B.C. Coastal Bay

1978 • 15 citations

Experimental Ecosystems to Measure Fate of Oil Spills Dispersed by Surface Active Products

1973 • 15 citations

Bacteriological investigations of oil-polluted sediments from the Cornish coast following the Torrey Canyon disaster

1968 • 14 citations

Evaluation of Microbiological Test Kits for Hydrocarbon Fuel Systems

1979 • 13 citations

Effect of a Bunker Fuel on the Beach Bacterial Flora

1973 • 13 citations

Besoins en phosphore des bactéries métabolisant les hydrocarbures en mer

1976 • 13 citations

Long Term Interactions of Microorganisms and Prudhoe Bay Crude Oil in Tundra Soils at Barrow, Alaska

1978 • 13 citations

MICROBIAL RESPONSES AFTER TWO EXPERIMENTAL OIL SPILLS IN AN EASTERN COASTAL PLAIN ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM

1977 • 12 citations

Amoco Cadiz : conséquences d'une pollution accidentelle par les hydrocarbures : actes du Colloque international, Centre océanologique de Bretagne, Brest (France), 19-22 novembre 1979 = Amoco Cadiz : fates and effects of the oil spill : proceedings of the international symposium, Centre océanologique de Bretagne, Brest (France), November 19-22, 1979

1981 • 12 citations

Microbial Conversion of Petro-sulfur Compounds

1968 • 12 citations

An Assessment of the Biodegradation of Petroleum in the Arctic

1978 • 11 citations

STUDIES ON PETROLEUM BIODEGRADATION IN THE ARCTIC

1977 • 10 citations

ARCTIC HYDROCARBON BIODEGRADATION

1977 • 10 citations

Utilization of Paraffin Hydrocarbons in Crude Oil by Mixed Cultures of Marine Bacteria

1972 • 9 citations

Quelques donnees sur l'ecologie d'une zone marine littorale recevant les rejets d'une raffinerie de petrole

1977 • 8 citations

Growth and Survival of Fuel Isolates in Hydrocarbon-Fuel Emulsions

1968 • 8 citations

Distribution and Abundance of Hydrocarbon-Utilizing Bacteria in Sediments of Chedabucto Bay, Nova Scotia, in 1976

1978 • 7 citations

The conditions for biodegradation of petroleum hydrocarbons at sea

1976 • 6 citations

Dégradation des hydrocarbures en présence d'autres substances organiques par des bactéries isolées de l'eau de mer

1976 • 4 citations

USNS Potomac oil spill, Melville Bay, Greenland, 5 August 1977. A joint report on scientific studies and impact assessment by the NOAA-USCG Spilled Oil Research Team and the Greenland Fisheries Investigations, Ministry for Greenland

1979 • 4 citations

Sur l'epuration biologique d'une zone littorale marine affectee par des rejets d'hydrocarbures

1979 • 3 citations

[Hydrocabons in the sea: the problem of purifying the shoreline zones by microorganisms].

1968 • 2 citations

Proceedings: Ultrastructure of sheep sweat glands in dilated and contracted states.

1973 • 2 citations