The fate of cyclohexane, often used as a model compound for the biodegradation of cyclic alkanes due to its abundance in crude oils, in anoxic marine sediments has been poorly investigated. In the present study, we obtained an enrichment culture of cyclohexane-degrading sulfate-reducing bacteria from hydrocarbon-contaminated intertidal marine sediments. Microscopic analyses showed an apparent d...

Removal of long-chain hydrocarbons and n-alkanes from oil-contaminated environments are mere important to reduce the ecological damages, while bio-augmentation is a very promising technology that requires highly efficient microbes. In present study, the efficiency of pure isolates, i.e., Geobacillus thermoparaffinivorans IR2, Geobacillus stearothermophillus IR4 and Bacillus licheniformis MN6 an...

Models based on the corresponding-states principle have been extensively used for several equilibrium and transport properties of different pure and mixed fluids. Some limitations, however, have been encountered with regard to its application to long chain or polar molecules. Following previous studies, where it was shown that the corresponding-states principle could be used to predict thermoph...

The study of different organic biomarker classes is essential to elucidate global Earth dynamics since biogeochemical processes play a role in regulating environmental and climatic conditions. However, multiproxy analysis generally consists labor-intensive time-consuming methodologies, which hamper the large number samples. Here, we develop validate fast analytical method quantify biomarkers (P...