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• Published Ahead of print Subscription Original Research 22 Nov 2026

  Experimental Validation of a pH-Dependent Kinetic Model for Bioremediation of Crude Oil-Contaminated Soil Using Pseudomonas sp.

  By G.A.O. Ajoku, M.K. Oduola

  Abstract: A kinetic model that relates the pH effect on bioremediation of crude petroleum contaminated soil has been developed. The model depicts the dependence of enzyme-catalyzed reaction rates on pH and was derived at both mathematical and kinetic levels, with the resulting rate expressions derived as modifications of the Michaelis-Menten equation. The developed equations enables the calculation of equilibrium constants K1, K2, the specific growth rates Vi, as a function of …

  Published in Journal of Petroleum Engineering & Technology · pp. 59–69 Read article →