Enhanced biodegradation of phenanthrene and anthracene using a microalgal-bacterial consortium
Mubasher Zahir Hoque,
Abdulrahman Alqahtani,
Saravanan Sankaran
et al.
Abstract:Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are chemicals that are released into the environment during activities of the petroleum industry. The bioaccumulation, carcinogenic and mutagenic potential of PAHs necessitates the bioremediation of these contaminants. However, bioremediation of PAHs has a number of limitations including the inability of a single microbe to degrade all of the PAH fraction’s environmental constituents. Therefore, a different paradigm, employing microalgal-bacterial consortium (MBC), may b… Show more
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