Isolation and characterization of indigenous thermophilic bacteria active in natural attenuation of bio-hazardous petrochemical pollutants [An article ... Biodeterioration & Biodegradation]

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Common petrochemical compounds, such as homocyclic polyaromatic hydrocarbons and heterocyclic NOS-polyaromatics (NOS-compounds), were used as the sole carbon and energy source to enrich indigenous bacteria harboring the catabolic ability to degrade these compounds from petroleum-contaminated soils from Kuwait. Chemical analysis of the extracted soil materials revealed residual amounts of oil (