Potential Role of Extremophilic Hydrocarbonoclastic Fungi for ExtraHeavy Crude Oil Bioconversion and the Sustainable Development of the Petroleum Industry

This book chapter contributes to identifying some core areas inside the oil industry as potential targets for biotechnology, motivated by the increasing global demand of fuels in addition to the reduction of conventional crude oil reserves that have produced a greater interest on the exploitation of...

• Main Author: Naranjo Briceño, Leopoldo (author)
• Other Authors: Beatriz Pernía, Beatriz (author), Perdomo, Trigal (author), González, Meralys (author), Inojosa, Ysvic (author), De Sisto, Ángela (author), Urbina, Héctor (author), León, Vladimir (author)
• Format: article
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Asphaltenes; Biotransformation; Bioremediation; Petroleum biotechnology; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
• Online Access: http://repositorio.ikiam.edu.ec/jspui/handle/RD_IKIAM/301; https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19030-9