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Environment contamination by hydrocarbons (HC) has caused lots of implications and the use of HCs has been increasing over the years due to their several applications in different industries. HCs are compounds composed of hydrogen and carbon; it is described as an enormous contaminant with carcinogenic, mutagenic, and toxicity potential for the flora and fauna. HCs are very difficult to get rid of the environment as they are difficult to degrade. Accidental release of the petroleum products leads to the degradation of the environment. Oil spills in the ocean, crude oil-carrying pipeline leakages, production of by-products, and HC refining lead to environment pollution which is causing loss of biodiversity. The search for the natural methods for the degradation of HCs and their by-products has increased with the advancement of technologies as they are creating lots of environmental problems. In this book chapter, we have tried to sum up all the environment-friendly remediation methods for the removal of HCs such as phytoremediation, rhizoremediation, bioaugmentation, and bioremediation by enzymes, algae, bacteria, fungi, microbial consortium, and protozoans. |
