Applicability of evaluating the ability of microbes isolated from an oil spill site to degrade oil

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 259-272

  Benka Coker, M O ^a   Ekundayo, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PETROLEUM;

AEROMONAS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BACILLUS; BIODEGRADATION; CANDIDA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOTRICHUM; MICROCOCCUS; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; PENICILLIUM; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS; RHIZOPUS; SERRATIA; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

BIODEGRADATION; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MICROBIAL GROWTH; OIL SPILL;

BIOREMEDIATION; HYDROCARBON; MICROORGANISM; MICROORGANISMS; OIL SPILL; OIL SPILLS;

NIGERIA, NIGER DELTA;

ASPERGILLUS; CANDIDA; MICROCOCCUS; PSEUDOMONAS; RHIZOPUS; SERRATIA;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; OIL SPILLS; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

OIL DEGRADATION;

ECOLOGY;

EID: 0030609415     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005774602112     Document Type: Article

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