Hydrocarbon Biotechnology

Challenges and Future Trends

Wael Ahmed Ismail, Jonathan Van Hamme

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Apple Academic Press Inc.
24 November 2022

Environmental medicine; Chemistry; Life sciences: general issues; Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology; Environmental science, engineering & technology

This volume offers environmentally friendly technical solutions that can be implemented to solve problems throughout the value chain of the fossil fuel industry. This new book presents an up-to date view of hydrocarbon microbiology and biotechnology, presented by experts around the world with interest in how our expanding understanding of hydrocarbonoclast ecology and physiology can translate to better tools for bioremediation, oil recovery, bio-upgrading of unconventional crudes, the development of biorefining technologies, and the production of hydrogen and electricity from hydrocarbon wastes. The common theme across the chapters in this book is an interest in how developing hydrocarbon biotechnologies may reduce our impact on the global environment.

Written by eminent scientists from both academia and industry, the book starts with a historical perspective on hydrocarbon chemistry and formation, petroleum microbiology, and biotechnology. This is followed by a review of recent research developments in bioremediation and other biotechnologies for hydrocarbons, the principal constituents of petroleum and natural gas.

Edited by: Wael Ahmed Ismail, Jonathan Van Hamme
Imprint: Apple Academic Press Inc.
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 793g
ISBN: 9781774639894
ISBN 10: 1774639890
Pages: 394
Publication Date: 24 November 2022
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Wael Ahmed Ismail is a Professor of Microbiology and Environmental Biotechnology and the former director of the Biotechnology Program at the Arabian Gulf University. Having more than 25 years of research experience in the field of microbial biodegradation of hydrocarbons, Dr. Ismail focuses his research on biodegradation of crude oil and steroids, biosurfactants production and applications, biodesulfurization of diesel fuel, as well as biocatalytic upgrading of heavy oil and refinery residues. He works in close association with the oil and gas authorities and research institutes in Bahrain and Kuwait. He serves on the editorial and review boards of several international journals and was a guest associate editor for a special issue on petroleum biotechnology in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology. Jonathan Van Hamme is Professor of Microbiology at Thompson Rivers University, British Columbia, Canada, and founding Director of the TRUGen Applied Genomics Laboratory, a high-throughput sequencing facility. He is an applied environmental microbiologist with over 25 years of experience in petroleum microbiology, industrial waste treatment, contaminant biotransformation, phytoremediation, analytical chemistry, proteomics and genomics. Dr. Van Hamme is currently focused on uncovering the biochemical basis of bacterial per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) metabolism, as well as tracking SARS-CoV-2 in sewage. He was formerly an editor for Biodegradation and is currently an editor for the Canadian Journal of Microbiology.