Microbial PAH-Degradation in Soil: Degradation Pathways and Contributing Factors

By Xu-xiang Zhang, Shu-pei Cheng, Cheng-jun Zhu, Shi-lei Sun. 2006

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Bioremediation of soils contaminated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, petroleum, pesticides, chlorophenols and heavy metals by composting: Applications, microbes and future research needs. (2015, background): “PAHs, being composed of fused benzene rings, persist in soils because of unique physical properties and high resistance to nucleophilic attack (Zhang et al., 2006).”
Remediation of petroleum hydrocarbon polluted systems: Exploiting the bioremediation strategies (2006, background): “Several strains of fungi and actinomycetes were also confirmed to be important agents for bioremediation of hydrocarbon contaminated sites (April et al., 2000; Zhang et al., 2006).”
PAH diagnostic ratios for the identification of pollution emission sources. (2012, background): “PAHs present in soil can be degraded by native bacteria and fungi (Zhang et al., 2006), resulting in a (possibly selective) decrease of concentration over time, with rates depending on soil type, organic carbon and nutrient content, humidity and aeration (Sabaté et al.”