Microbial denitrogenation of fossil fuels

Michael J. Benedik; Philip R. Gibbs; Robert R. Riddle; Richard C. Willson

doi:10.1016/S0167-7799(98)01237-2

Microbial denitrogenation of fossil fuels

Michael J. Benedik, Philip R. Gibbs, Robert R. Riddle, Richard C. Willson

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Abstract

The microbial degradation of nitrogen compounds from fossil fuels is important because of the contribution these contaminants make to the formation of nitrogen oxides (NO(x)) and hence to air pollution and acid rain. They also contribute to catalyst poisoning during the refining of crude oil, thus reducing process yields. We review the current status of microbial degradation of aromatic nitrogen compounds and discuss the potential of microbial processes to alleviate these problems.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	390-395
Number of pages	6
Journal	Trends in Biotechnology
Volume	16
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-7799(98)01237-2
State	Published - Sep 1 1998

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