Metabolic diversity of aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria from a petroleum-contaminated aquifer

Biodegradation

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 249-259

  Mikesell, Mark D ^a   Kukor, Jerome J ^a   Olsen, Ronald H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

aromatic hydrocarbons; biodegradation; bioremediation; denitrification; groundwater; Pseudomonas

Indexed keywords

4-XYLENE; BENZENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; ETHYLBENZENE; FRESH WATER; HYDROCARBON; OXYGEN; PARA XYLENE; PETROLEUM; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; METABOLISM; POLLUTANT; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BENZENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FRESH WATER; HYDROCARBONS; OXYGEN; PETROLEUM; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; TOLUENE; XYLENES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 0027136420     PISSN: 09239820     EISSN: 15729729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00695973     Document Type: Article

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