Recent review on the microbial molecular ecology during contamination and remediation of petroleum hydrocarbons

Abstract:

Targeting on the widely existed hydrocarbon pollution problems in the environment, this paper summarized the research progress on microbial ecology during microbial degradation of petroleum hydrocarbons in the aspect of molecular ecology. The research methods on molecular ecology and degradation genes and gene chip related to petroleum hydrocarbon degradation were introduced, and at the same time, the existing problems and future research directions were summarized.

Key words:Petroleum hydrocarbons, Microorganisms, Molecular ecology, Degrading genes