Dibenzothiophene (DBT) derivatives can be detected in diesel oil following hydrodesulfurization treatment, and they are widely recognized as target compounds for more efficient desulfurization. The moderately thermophilic bacterium Mycobacterium phlei WU-F1 was isolated for its ability to grow at 50 degrees C in a medium with DBT as the sole source of sulfur. At 50 degrees C, resting cells of W...

In the present paper, the biodesulfurization of simulated light fuel oil (i.e., dibenzothiophene (DBT) in dodecane) and untreated kerosene with a high total sulfur content has been studied by a native isolated bacterium named Bacillus cereus HN. The influences of various parameters such as the reaction temperature (T), biocatalyst cell density, oil phase fraction (OFP), and initial DBT concentr...

Introduction Anaerobic treatment processes for biodegradation of hazardous materials have increasingly been gaining attention in environmental applications. Microbial processes utilizing sulfate reducing bacteria (SRB), in particular, have found potential applications in variety of treatment processes such as flue gas desulfurization [1,2], gypsum reclamation [3], sulfur recovery from sulfitdsu...