Diesel in Antarctica and a Bibliometric Study on Its Indigenous Microorganisms as Remediation Agent

Diesel acts as a main energy source to complement human activities in Antarctica. However, the increased expedition Antarctica has threatened environment well its living organisms. While more efforts on use of renewable are being done, most still depend heavily diesel. contaminants their natural state known be persistent, complex and toxic. The low temperature worsens these issues, making pollutants significantly toxic indigenous A bibliometric analysis had demonstrated gradual increase number studies microbial hydrocarbon remediation over year. It was also found that were dominated by those used bacteria remediating agents, whereas very little focus given fungi microalgae. This review presents summary collective past understanding current findings Antarctic enzymatic degradation hydrocarbons genotypic adaptation extreme temperature.