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performance and bioremediation efficiency. Eur Polym J
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(1985) Use of a bacterial bioluminescence assay to assess
toxicity of contaminated marine sediments. Can J Fish
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with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon utilization. FEMS
Microbiol Ecol 73, 349–362.
Yakimov, M.M., Golyshin, P.N., Lang, S., Moore, E.R.,
Abraham, W.R., L€ unsdorf, H. and Timmis, K.N. (1998)
Alcanivorax borkumensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new,
hydrocarbon-degrading and surfactant-producing
marine bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 48, 339–348.
Yakimov, M.M., Giuliano, L., Gentile, G., Crisafi, E.,
Chernikova, T.N., Abraham, W.R., L€ unsdorf, H., Timmis,
K.N. et al. (2003) Oleispira antarctica gen. nov., sp. nov., a
novel hydrocarbonoclastic marine bacterium isolated from
Antarctic coastal sea water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 53,
779–785.
Yakimov, M.M., Timmis, K.N. and Golyshin, P.N. (2007)
Obligate oil-degrading marine bacteria. Curr Opin
Biotechnol 18, 257–266.
Journal of Applied Microbiology 126, 780--795 © 2018 The Society for Applied Microbiology
795
N. Djahnit et al.
The use of oil-degrading bacteria as an alternative for environmental remediation (bioremediation)
individual bacterial strains and a mixed bacterial
consortium. Braz J Microbiol 46, 377–387.
Scaffaro, R., Lopresti, F., Catania, V., Santisi, S., Cappello,
S., Botta, L. and Quatrini, P. (2017) Polycaprolactonebased scaffold for oil-selective sorption and
improvement of bacteria activity for bioremediation of
polluted water: porous PCL system obtained by leaching
melt mixed PCL/PEG/NaCl composites: oil uptake
performance and bioremediation efficiency. Eur Polym J
91, 260–273.
Schiewe, M.H., Hawk, E.G., Actor, D.I. and Krahn, M.M.
(1985) Use of a bacterial bioluminescence assay to assess
toxicity of contaminated marine sediments. Can J Fish
Aquat Sci 42, 1244–1248.
Tapilatu, Y., Acquaviva, M., Guigue, C., Miralles, G., Bertrand,
J.C. and Cuny, P. (2010) Isolation of alkane-degrading
bacteria from deep-sea Mediterranean sediments. Lett Appl
Microbiol 50, 234–236.
Vaidya, B., Kumar, R., Sharma, G., Srinivas, T.N.R. and
Kumar, P.A. (2015) Xanthomarina gelatinilytica gen. nov.,
sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol
Microbiol 65, 3926–3932.
Van Beilen, J.B., Li, Z., Duetz, W.A., Smits, T.H.M. and
Witholt, B. (2003) Diversity of alkane hydroxylase
systems in the environment. Oil Gas Sci Technol 58,
427–440.
Vila, J., Nieto, J.M., Mertens, J., Springael, D. and Grifoll, M.
(2010) Microbial community structure of a heavy fuel oildegrading marine consortium: linking microbial dynamics
with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon utilization. FEMS
Microbiol Ecol 73, 349–362.
Yakimov, M.M., Golyshin, P.N., Lang, S., Moore, E.R.,
Abraham, W.R., L€ unsdorf, H. and Timmis, K.N. (1998)
Alcanivorax borkumensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new,
hydrocarbon-degrading and surfactant-producing
marine bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 48, 339–348.
Yakimov, M.M., Giuliano, L., Gentile, G., Crisafi, E.,
Chernikova, T.N., Abraham, W.R., L€ unsdorf, H., Timmis,
K.N. et al. (2003) Oleispira antarctica gen. nov., sp. nov., a
novel hydrocarbonoclastic marine bacterium isolated from
Antarctic coastal sea water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 53,
779–785.
Yakimov, M.M., Timmis, K.N. and Golyshin, P.N. (2007)
Obligate oil-degrading marine bacteria. Curr Opin
Biotechnol 18, 257–266.
Journal of Applied Microbiology 126, 780--795 © 2018 The Society for Applied Microbiology
795
N. Djahnit et al.
The use of oil-degrading bacteria as an alternative for environmental remediation (bioremediation)