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. 2021 Jun 11;9(6):1279. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms9061279

Table 2.

List of the main microorganisms and bioremediation techniques of marine sediments contaminated by organic pollutants.

Organisms Species Organic Pollutants Technologies Autochthonous/
Allochthonous
References
Bacteria Cycloclasticus sp. PAHs Bioaugmentation Allochthonous [105]
Bacteria—Alphaproteobacteria - Biostimulation Autochthonous [86]
Bacteria Alcanivorax sp., Thalassolituus sp.,
Cycloclasticus sp.
Bioaugmentation [106]
- [107]
- [108]
- Mixtures of inorganic nutrients and sand amendments [109]
Bacillus methylotrophicus,
Pseudomonas sihuiensis
Petroleum hydrocarbons Biodegradation [27]
Thiohalophilus thiocyanatoxydans, Marinobacter sp., Planococcus sp., Thiobacillus sp., Erysipelothrix sp., Clostridium sp., Halothiobacillus sp., Halobacillus sp., Tenacibaculum sp., Isoprenicola sp. Total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPHs) Biostimulation and bioaugmentation Allochthonous [110]
Bacteria - Phenanthrene (PHE),
PAHs
Biostimulation and bioaugmentation Autochthonous [16]
- Hydrocarbons Biostimulation [111]
Pseudomonas sp. PAHs Bioreactor [112]
Acinetobacter calcium acetate, Pseudomonas putida, Salfobacillus sp. Bioremediation using zeolite carrier [113]
- TPHs Biostimulation [114]
- Crude oil [115]
- PAHs [116]
- [117]
Bacillus sp. Emerging organic contaminants Biodegradation [118]
- TPHs Biostimulation and bioaugmentation Autochthonous [119]
Marinobacter sp., Pseudomonas sp., Halomonas sp., Hahella sp., Alcanivorax sp. Oil [120]
Erythrobacter sp., Alcaligenes sp. Benzo(a)pyrene and fluoranthene Bioaccumulation and biodegradation [121]
- PAHs Biostimulation [122]
Fungi Aspergillus sp. PAHs Bioaugmentation [55]
Aspergillus sydowii, Aspergillus destruens Biodegradation Allochthonous [101]
Pleurotus ostreatus TPEs Bioaugmentation [123]
Fungi Lambertella sp. TPHs Autochthonous [124]
Fungi Saccharomyces cerevisiae,
Scopulariopsis sp.,
Bulgaria sp./Cyttaria sp.
Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPHs) Biostimulation and bioaugmentation Allochthonous [110]
Co-coltures of fungi and bacteria - Petroleum hydrocarbons Bioaugmentation [104]
Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus licheniformis, Pseudomonas
putida, Lactobacillus helveticus, Lactococcus lactis,
Trichoderma reesei, Trichoderma harzianum, Phanerochaete
chrysosporium, Nitrosomonas sp., Acinetobacter genospecies, Arthrobacter sp.
Organic polymers Bioaugmentation and biostimulation Autochthonous [85]
- PAHs Bioaugmentation Allochthonous [125]