The potential use of chicken-drop micro-organisms for oil spill remediation

Environmentalist

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 89-95

  Ijah, Udeme J J ^a   Antai, S P ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Chicken droppings; Micro organisms; Oil spill

Indexed keywords

BIOREMEDIATION; CLEANUP; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OIL SPILL;

ASPERGILLUS; BACILLUS SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER; FUNGI; GALLUS GALLUS; KLEBSIELLA; MICROCOCCUS; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM SP.; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RHIZOPUS;

EID: 0037800473     PISSN: 02511088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022947727324     Document Type: Article

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