Sabrina Festa

Improving PAH-chronically contaminated soil bioremediation using a combined strategy of bioaugmentation and surfactant-enhanced biostimulation

This study compares bioaugmentation and a combined strategy with surfactant-enhanced biostimulation for remediating aged PAH-contaminated soil, finding that the combined approach with SC4 consortium significantly improves PAH degradation.

Challenging the impact of consortium diversity on bioaugmentation efficiency and native bacterial community structure in a freshly PAH-contaminated soil

The paper evaluates how different bacterial consortia affect PAH degradation and soil microbiome structure, finding that low-diversity inoculants can effectively interact with native communities when PAHs are added.

Analysis of predation-driven inoculum loss and carbon flow in bioaugmented soils through DNA-SIP

This study tracks the fate of 13C-labelled pollutant-degrading inoculum in two soils using DNA-SIP, revealing differences in predation effects and inoculum establishment between short-term and long-term polluted soils.