Bacterial adhesion to soil contaminants in the presence of surfactants

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 163-168

  Stelmack, Patricia L ^a   Gray, Murray R ^a   Pickard, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; BIODEGRADATION; CELL CULTURE; DENSITY (OPTICAL); HYDROCARBONS; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMPURITIES; MICELLES; PETROLEUM PRODUCTS; SOILS; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

ANTHRACENE; CREOSATE; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS; SOIL CONTAMINANTS;

BACTERIA;

CREOSOTE; SURFACTANT; TRITON X 100;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIODEGRADATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PSEUDOMONAS; REDUCTION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOLUBILITY; VISCOSITY;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; PSEUDOMONAS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0032908214     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.1.163-168.1999     Document Type: Article

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