Use of thermophilic bacteria for bioremediation of petroleum contaminants

Energy Sources

Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 17-29

  Al Maghrabi, Ibrahim M A ^a   Bin Aqil, A O ^a   Islam, M R ^b   Chaalal, O ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioreactor; Bioremediation; Petroleum contaminants; Thermophilic bacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTORS; BIOREMEDIATION; ENHANCED RECOVERY; GROWTH KINETICS;

THERMOPHILIC BACTERIA;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

EID: 0032730621     PISSN: 00908312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00908319950014920     Document Type: Article

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