The book discusses ways to overcome the side effects of using hydrocarbon-based products as energy sources. Hydrocarbons produce raw crude oil waste of around 600,000 metric tons per annum, with a range of uncertainty of 200,000 metric tons per year. The various chapters in this book focus on approaches to reduce these wastes through the application of potential microbes, in a process called bioremediation. The book is a one-stop reference resource on the methods, mechanisms and application of the bio-composites, in the laboratory and field. Focusing on resolving a very pressing environmental issue, it not only provides details of existing challenges, but also offers deeper insights into the possibility of solving problems using hydrocarbon bioremediation.

Microbial Consortia and Biodegradation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Marine Environments.- Biosurfactants in Improving Bioremediation Effectiveness in Environmental Contamination by Hydrocarbons.- Bioremediation of Petroleum Hydrocarbon in Seawater: Oil Spill Plume Modelling Approaches.- Hydrocarbon Degradation Assessment: Biotechnical Approaches Involved.- Microbes and Petroleum bioremediation.- Microbial Degradation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons: Technology and Mechanism.- Biosurfactant Enhanced Petroleum Oil Bioremediation.- Modeling Applications in Bioremediation of Hydrocarbon Pollutants.- Biodegradation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) by Microbes Isolated from the Marine Sponge Biemna fortis (Topsent 1897) .- A Comprehensive Review on the Bioremediation of Oil Spills.- The Small-Scale Microbial Processes for Remediation of Sediments Contaminated with Hydrocarbons.- Enzyme Activities in Contaminated Soil with Hydrocarbons.- Microbial Degradation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons.- Microbial Bioremediation of Petroleum Hydrocarbon: An Overview.- Microbial Degradation of Hydrocarbons in the Ecosystem.- Microbial Degradation of Hydrocarbons in the Environment: An Overview.- Plant-Microbe Association for Bioremediation of Hydrocarbon Substrates.- Bioaugmentation of Petroleum Hydrocarbon in Contaminated Soil : A Review.- Petroleum Microbiology under Extreme Conditions.- Microbial Degradation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons: An Overview.- Oil Spill Removal by Mycoremediation.- Treatment of Oily Waste Water Using Hydrogels.- Biosurfactants Produced by Microbacterium sp., isolated from Aquatic Macrophytes in Hydrocarbon-Contaminated area in the Rio Negro, Manaus, Amazonas.- Novel and Cost Effective Technologies for Hydrocarbon Bioremediation.- Role of Filamentous Fungi to Remove Petroleum Hydrocarbons from Environment.- Petroleum Biodegrading Property of Microbial Consortia from a contaminated site.- The Role of Microbes towards Biodegradation of Hydrocarbons.- Hydrocarbon Degradation.- A Review on the Bioremediation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons: Current State-of-the-Art.