Institute of Chemistry for Functionalized Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, People’s Republic of China, Department of Chemistry, Tonhua Normal University, Tonghua 134002, People’s Republic of China, and Heavy Oil Company, Liaohe Petroleum Filiale, China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), Shiyou Street No. 96, Panjin 124010, ...

List of Abbreviations CIIAPTER ONE General Introduction Pollution of Saudi Arabian soil with crude oil Chemistry and biodegradability of petroleum hydrocarbon Environmental fate of petroleum Factors influencing petroleum hydrocarbon biodegradation Distribution of petroleum-utilizing microorganisms in the environment Biological degradation of petroleum hydrocarbon Bacterial degradation of oil Fu...

1Department of Applied Chemistry, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China 2Department of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USA 3Fuels and Energy Technology Institute, Curtin University, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia 4Bioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA 5State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Pr...