TURK 2025

Our modern world faces significant environmental problems due to human activities. The intensive use of fossil fuels, especially in processes related to energy generation, causes the release of major pollutants. In the 21st century, there is a great trend towards alternative and sustainable sources to fossil fuels, but the use of fossil fuels is still ongoing. The suitability of the existing technological infrastructure and sociopolitical reasons suggest that the use of fossil fuels will continue. If fossil fuels cannot be prevented against these scenarios, practices to reduce polluting impacts are evaluated. Among the environmental applications in these issues, biological solutions are particularly noteworthy due to their sustainability and low costs. New microorganisms and processes are needed to treat fossil fuels or to remove contaminants generated in processes. In these processes, isolates that work efficiently and are adapted to local problems are much more promising than known commercial samples. This study focuses on sulfur compounds as an important environmental problem and aims to produce various solutions for isolation steps