Microbial degradation of waste hydrocarbons in oily sludge from some Romanian oil fields

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 151-160

  Lazar, I ^a   Dobrota, S ^a   Voicu, A ^a   Stefanescu, M ^a   Sandulescu, L ^a   Petrisor, I G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Bioremediation of oily sludges; Environmental biotechnology; Microbial degradation of hydrocarbons; Petroleum microbiology

Indexed keywords

BIOREMEDIATION; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; OILFIELD; ROMANIA; SLUDGE DIGESTION; WASTE HYDROCARBON;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL SEWAGE TREATMENT; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; HYDROCARBONS; MICROBIOLOGY; PARAFFIN OILS; PARAFFIN PROBLEMS; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY; PETROLEUM MICROBIOLOGY;

OIL FIELDS;

DEGRADATION; HYDROCARBON; MICROORGANISM; OIL FIELD; SLUDGE;

EID: 0033003287     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-4105(98)00064-3     Document Type: Article

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