Bioremediation of petroleum hydrocarbons in soil microcosms

Resource and Environmental Biotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 197-218

  Ting, Y P ^a   Hu, H L ^a   Tan, H M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bioaugmentation; Biodegradation; Biostimulation; Total petroleum hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; DODECANE; ETHYLBENZENE; HEPTADECANE; HEXADECANE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NAPHTHALENE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; PHENANTHRENE; PHOSPHORUS; PRISTANE; SOIL POLLUTION;

BIOREMEDIATION; MICROCOSM; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; SOIL;

EID: 0032881827     PISSN: 13582283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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