petroleum hydrocarbons

Bioremediation of Petroleum Hydrocarbon Contaminated Soil by Balanites aegyptiaca (L) Del and its Rhizospheric Bacteria

Amel Hassan Abdullah, Adil Ali Elhussein, Dafallah Ali Ibrahim & Azhary H. Nour · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2026

Phytoremediation is an emerging technology for cleaning crude-oil-contaminated soil. The aim of this study was to test the leguminous plant Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) Del. for its efficiency in remediating soil polluted with 0.5%, 1.0%, 1.5% and 2.0% (w/w) crude oil and its abilit...