Biodegradation and bioremediation of hydrocarbons in extreme environments

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 56, Issue 5-6, 2001, Pages 650-663

  Margesin, R ^a   Schinner, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; ALKANE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; NITRATE; OIL; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; HYDROCARBON; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY;

ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; COMPOSTING; CONTAMINATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; PRESSURE; SALINITY; SHORT SURVEY; SOIL TREATMENT; SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TEMPERATURE;

BACILLI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0034840415     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002530100701     Document Type: Short Survey

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