Principles of Fungi Capacity in Petroleum Hydrocarbons Degradation

Review

Adnan B. Al-Hawash, Xiaoyu Zhang, Fuying Ma

Corresponding Author : Fuying Ma

Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of MOE, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.

Email ID : abbiology@hust.edu.cn

Received : 2017-04-19 Accepted : 2017-05-29 Published : 2017-05-29

Abstract : Petroleum hydrocarbons (PHs) are a large group of chemicals. They represent a major concern because of their widespread spread in the environment, their potential to bioaccumulate, their harmful effects and their resistance to biodegradation. In the current picture of the world, major environmental pollution in soil and water is attributed to the pollution of hydrocarbons from oil refineries, petrochemical industries, human activities and so on. A better understanding of the mechanisms and factors that affect biodegradation is of great environmental importance because the choice of bioremediation technic depends on it. Whereas many reviews have focused on metabolic and ecological aspects of PHs degradation, this review exhibited the fungi PHs-degradation with special emphasis on both physicochemical and biological factors influencing the biodegradation.

Keywords : petroleum hydrocarbons; biotic and abiotic factors; biodegradation and bioremediation Fungi

Citation : Fuying Ma et al. (2017). Principles of Fungi Capacity in Petroleum Hydrocarbons Degradation. J. of Advancement in Medical and Life Sciences. V5I2.04 . DOI : 10.5281/zenodo.3818386

Copyright : © 2017 Fuying Ma. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Journal of Advancement in Medical and Life Sciences

ISSN : 2348-294X

Volume 5 / Issue 2

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