Degradation of Commercial Detergent Products by Microbial Populations of the Lagos Lagoon

Folia Microbiologica

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 353-356

  Amund, O O ^a   Ilori, M O ^a   Odetundun, F R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA; FLAVOBACTERIUM; KLEBSIELLA; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; SHIGELLA; VIBRIO;

DETERGENT; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; FATTY ALCOHOL; SULFESTOL;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FLAVOBACTERIUM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NIGERIA; SEWAGE; VIBRIO; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACILLUS; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; DETERGENTS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FATTY ALCOHOLS; FLAVOBACTERIUM; NIGERIA; SEWAGE; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; VIBRIO; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0031297583     PISSN: 00155632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02816949     Document Type: Article

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