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- Petroleum hydrocarbon pollutants are tough to break down, but bioremediation, which uses microbes, is gaining popularity as a solution.
- The review discusses how microbes adapt to and transport hydrocarbons, along with recent discoveries of strains, genes, and pathways involved in breaking down these pollutants.
- Advances in genetic and metabolic engineering, along with synthetic biology, can enhance the efficiency of hydrocarbon-degrading microbes and optimize bioremediation efforts.
Article Abstract
Petroleum hydrocarbon pollutants are difficult to be degraded, and bioremediation has received increasing attention for remediating the hydrocarbon polluted area. This review started by introducing the interphase adaptation and transport process of hydrocarbon by microbes. Subsequently, the advances made in the identification of hydrocarbon-degrading strains and genes as well as elucidation of metabolic pathways and underpinning mechanisms in the biodegradation of typical petroleum hydrocarbon pollutants were summarized. The capability of wild-type hydrocarbon degrading bacteria can be enhanced through genetic engineering and metabolic engineering. With the rapid development of synthetic biology, the bioremediation of hydrocarbon polluted area can be further improved by engineering the metabolic pathways of hydrocarbon-degrading microbes, or through design and construction of synthetic microbial consortia.
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