Researchers at the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research-Indian Institute of Petroleum (CSIR-IIP), Dehradun, have identified a fungus capable of removing toxic, recalcitrant, and carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from the environment. The rapid pace of economic development and industrialisation has resulted in the release of several PAHs into the environment. The PAHs are ubiquitous environmental pollutants originating from multiple sources, including combustion of petrogenic fossil fuels, and incomplete incineration of municipal wastes and biomass. Pyrene, possessing four benzene rings, belongs to the highly toxic class of PAHs, with carcinogenic and mutagenic properties. It gets lodged into the environmental matrices like soil, water and atmosphere, resulting in widespread environmental pollution, necessitating adequate remediation of contaminated environmental matrices. The researchers at IIP identified a white-rot fungus Trametes maxima IIPLC-32 which has the potential to cause microbial degradation of pyrene. According to researchers, growing on dead plants, this fungus causes pyrene degradation using special enzymes. ft. Dr Sunil Kumar Suman & Pankaj K Kanaujia, Principal scientists CSIR IIP Chapters 0:00- Coming Up 2:19- Researchers find fungus to decrease the pollution level of the soil. 6:20- Bioremediation uses microorganisms to reduce pollution 8:30- Scientists using microorganisms to reduce pollution 13:15- Land Oil Spill response with Microbes 18:20- Building Microbial Consortium and testing various microbes to degrade pollutants 19:50- What Microbiologists need to solve pollution with Microbial Consortia at scale? 21:45- To solve climate change don’t compartmentalize knowledge 22:45- Opportunities for students in Biotechnology #oilspillcleanupmiddletownny #oilspillcleanupmethods #oilboons #burninginsitu #skimming #sorbents #science, #BP #oileatingfungus #petroleum #hydrocarbon #petrol