Petroleum microbiology Part 2 - Recovery,biorefining and biodegradation processes

摘要

Current applied research on petroleum microbiology encompasses oil spill remediation,petroleum hydrocarbon contaminated site assessment,soil remediation and monitoring,biofiltration of volatile hydrocarbons,microbial enhanced oil recovery,oil and fuel upgrading through desulphurization and denitrogenation and fine chemical production.Significant advances have been made in the area of petroleum microbiology and biotechnology during the last decade due to knowledge acquired on cellular structure and function through molecular and protein engineering techniques,combined with more conventional microbial methodologies.Improved systems for bioremediation and biorefining of petroleum components are being commercialized.