Bioremediation of soil contaminated by diesel oil

Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages 65-68

  Menezes Bento, Fatima ^a,c   De Oliveira Camargo, Flávio Anastácio ^a   Okeke, Benedict ^b   Frankenberger Jr , Willian Thomas ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bioagmentation; Biostimulation; Natural attenuation; Total petroleum hydrocarbon

Indexed keywords

EID: 19944413131     PISSN: 15178382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1517-83822003000500022     Document Type: Article

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