Removal of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from oil-contaminated Kuwaiti soil

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 687-691

  Horinouchi, Masae ^a,b   Nishio, Youshi ^a   Shimpo, Eriko ^a   Rugsaseel, Sugima ^c   Juntongjin, Kanchana ^c   Thaniyavarn, Suthep ^c   Nojiri, Hideaki ^a   Yamane, Hisakazu ^a   Omori, Toshio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Kuwaiti soil; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)

Indexed keywords

ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; ANTHRACENE; FLUORANTHENE; NAPHTHALENE; OIL; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; KUWAIT; MEASUREMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TREATMENT; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0034117371     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005635703426     Document Type: Article

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