Assertion: petroleum hydrocarbon | /r/HasProperty | degraded
Facets:
value: because of the requirement
type: CAUSE
value: ultimately
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Most petroleum hydrocarbons encountered in the environment are ultimately degraded or metabolized by indigenous bacteria because of their energetic and carbon needs for growth and reproduction, as well as the requirement to relieve physiological stress caused by the presence of petroleum hydrocarbons in the microbial bulk environment (Hazen et al., 2010; Kleindienst et al., 2015a).