Isolation of Gram‐positive n‐alkane degraders from a hydrocarbon‐contaminated Mediterranean shoreline

Aims:  To investigate the petroleum hydrocarbon (HC)‐degrading potential of indigenous micro‐organisms in a sandy Mediterranean coast, accidentally contaminated with petroleum‐derived HCs.

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