Quantitative modelling of crude oil toxicity using the approach of cybernetics and structured mechanisms of microbial processes

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 157-166

  Onwurah, Ikechukwu N E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Azotobacter vinelandii; Crude oil; Cybernetics; Lipid peroxidation; Modelling; Toxicity index

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CELLS; CRUDE PETROLEUM; CYBERNETICS; DNA; LIPIDS; MACROMOLECULES; NITROGEN FIXATION; OXIDATION; PROTEINS; TOXICITY;

TOXICITY INDEX (TI);

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

DNA; MEMBRANE LIPID; PETROLEUM; PROTEIN;

CRUDE OIL; TOXICITY TEST;

ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYBERNETICS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MACROMOLECULE; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLLUTION; TOXICITY TESTING; LD 50; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTANT; RISK ASSESSMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AZOTOBACTER; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; LETHAL DOSE 50; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PETROLEUM; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AZOTOBACTER; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0035986477     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015543509254     Document Type: Article

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