ArticleACS omega2020
Effect of Various Isolated Microbial Consortiums on the Biodegradation Process of Precipitated Asphaltenes from Crude Oil.
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- Potential effects of microorganisms on petroleum asphalt: a state-of-the-art review.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2026Review
- Asphaltene biodegradation and transcriptome responses of hydrocarbon degradation genes in soil by a novel tolerant fungal consortium.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2026Article
- Asphaltene biotransformation by a novel enzyme thiol peroxidase fromApplied and environmental microbiology · 2025Article
- Asphaltenes biodegradation from heavy crude oils by the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica.Bioprocess and biosystems engineering · 2025Article
- Development of a highly tolerant bacterial consortium for asphaltene biodegradation in soils.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2023Article
- Sustainable valorization of asphaltenes via flash joule heating.Science advances · 2022Article
- Microbial Consortia Are Needed to Degrade Soil Pollutants.Microorganisms · 2022Review
- Investigating the Performance of Carboxylate-Alumoxane Nanoparticles as a Novel Chemically Functionalized Inhibitor on Asphaltene Precipitation.ACS omega · 2020Article
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5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
One of the serious problems in the oil industry is precipitation and deposition of asphaltenes in the different oil production stages including formation, wellbore, production tubing, flow lines, and separation units. This phenomenon causes a dramatic increase in the cost of oil production, processing, and transferring. Thus, it seems to be very necessary to use the removing methods for precipitated asphaltenes in different crude oil production and transferring stages. In this study, the ability of microorganisms for biodegradation of precipitated asphaltenes was investigated. For this purpose, four bacterial consortiums were isolated from oil-contaminated soil, crude oil, reservoir water, and oil sludge samples of an oil field located in the southwest of Iran. Based on the results of the designed experiments, by using response surface methodology (RSM) and central composite design, the bacterial consortiums were cultured in the flasks. Three levels of temperatures, salinity, pH, and initial asphaltene concentration as the substrate were considered as the parameters of culture medium and incubated growth mediums for 60 days. The maximum asphaltene biodegradation was 46.41% caused by the crude oil consortium including
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