Abstract
High pH combined with pollution by plant oils, petroleum hydrocarbons and other hydrophobic compounds is commonplace, yet little is known about alkaliphilic and alkalito�lerant microbes that can degrade such compounds. We introduce the environments where this is a problem, briefly mention the alkaliphilic and alkalitolerant degraders of oxygen-contain�ing and chlorinated hydrocarbons, and then focus on species that degrade alkanes and mono�and poly-aromatic hydrocarbons. We conclude by speculating on the combined stress effects of high pH and hydrocarbons on microbes.
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McGenity, T. J., Whitby, C., & Fahy, A. (2010). Alkaliphilic Hydrocarbon Degraders. In Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology (pp. 1931–1937). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77587-4_141
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