The response of microbial populations from oil-brine contaminated soil to gradients of NaCl and sodium p-toluate in a diffusion gradient chamber

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 285-300

  Emerson, David ^a,b   Breznak, John A ^a  

^a Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

^b AMERICAN TYPE CULTURE COLLECTION   (United States)

Author keywords

NaCl gradient; Oil brine contamination; Pseudomonas nautica; Sodium p toluate

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE; TOLUENE DERIVATIVE;

DIFFUSION GRADIENT CHAMBER; GROWTH RESPONSE; OIL-BRINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM P-TOLUATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL POLLUTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MARINOBACTER HYDROCARBONOCLASTICUS; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0030741940     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(97)00034-2     Document Type: Article

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