Effects of waste drilling fluid on bacterial isolates from a mangrove swamp oilfield location in the Niger Delta of Nigeria

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 175-179

  Benka Coker, M O ^a   Olumagin, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Bacterial strains; Effects; Growth; Oilfields; Response; Waste drilling fluids

Indexed keywords

RIVER WATER;

AEROBIC CAPACITY; ALCALIGENES; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DRILL; GROWTH INHIBITION; GROWTH STIMULATION; MICROCOCCUS; NIGERIA; OIL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; WASTE WATER;

ALCALIGENES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MICROCOCCUS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

DRILLING FLUID; OILFIELD;

NIGERIA, NIGER DELTA;

DRILLING FLUIDS; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INDUSTRIAL WASTES; OIL FIELDS;

BACTERIAL ISOLATES; MANGROVE SWAMP OILFIELDS;

BACTERIA;

EID: 0029664032     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0960-8524(95)00165-4     Document Type: Article

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