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Evolution in mitigation approaches for petroleum oil-polluted environment: recent advances and future directions

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Increasing petroleum consumption and a rise in incidental oil spillages have become global concerns owing to their aquatic and terrestrial toxicity. Various physicochemical and biological treatment strategies have been studied to tackle them and their impact on environment. One of such approaches in this regard is the use of microbial processes due to their being “green” and also apparent low cost and high effectiveness. This review presents the advancement in the physical and biological remediation methods and their progressive efficacy if employed in combination of hybrid modes. The use of biosurfactants and/or biochar along with microbes seems to be a more effective bioremediation approach as compared to their individual effects. The lacuna in research at community or molecular level has been overcome by the recent introduction of “-omics” technology in hydrocarbon degradation. Thus, the review further focuses on presenting the state-of-art information on the advancement of petroleum bioremediation strategies and identifies the research gaps for achieving total mitigation of petroleum oil.

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Vivek Kumar Gaur acknowledge the Amity University, Lucknow Uttar Pradesh for providing PhD registration.

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  1. Vivek Kumar Gaur and Shivangi Gupta are authors contributed equally

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  1. Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow Campus, Lucknow, India

    Vivek Kumar Gaur

  2. Harcourt Butler Technical University, Kanpur, India

    Shivangi Gupta

  3. Centre for Innovation and Translational Research, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow, India

    Ashok Pandey

  4. Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability, Lucknow, 226029, India

    Ashok Pandey

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  1. Vivek Kumar Gaur
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Vivek Kumar Gaur and Shivangi Gupta: Conceptualization, literature search, data analysis, original draft writing, and revision. Ashok Pandey: Conceptualization, reviewing, editing, and supervision.

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Highlights

• Petroleum constituents pose serious terrestrial and aquatic hazards.

• Traditional bioremediation methods do not provide complete solution to petroleum oil mitigation.

• Bacteria supplemented with biosurfactant or biochar offer a more effective strategy.

• Lacuna in community level understanding can be filled by omics approaches.

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Gaur, .K., Gupta, S. & Pandey, A. Evolution in mitigation approaches for petroleum oil-polluted environment: recent advances and future directions. Environ Sci Pollut Res 29, 61821–61837 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-16047-y

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