Publications by authors named "Efstathios Zarkadoulas"
AIMS Microbiol
December 2022
Article Synopsis
- Sustainable biodesulfurization (BDS) processes rely on advanced microbial biocatalysts that can break down tough sulfur compounds while surviving the challenging conditions of petroleum products.
- Researchers investigated microbial diversity in oil-affected environments and successfully isolated two new strains with improved BDS activity compared to an established strain, IGTS8.
- The studies confirmed that these new strains not only showed greater stability in biphasic systems with partially hydrodesulfurized diesel but also suggested that BDS activity loss was separate from cell viability, indicating the whole-broth method positively impacted BDS performance.
