Characterization of bacterial population coming from a soil contaminated by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) able to degrade pyrene in slurry phase

Annals of Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 85-90

  Riccardi, Carmela ^a   Papacchini, Maddalena ^a   Mansi, Antonella ^a   Ciervo, Alessandra ^b   Petrucca, Andrea ^c   La Rosa, Giuseppina ^b   Marianelli, Cinzia ^b   Muscillo, Michele ^b   Marcelloni, Anna Maria ^a   Spicaglia, Sergio ^a  

^a ISPESL   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacterial identification; Bioremediation; Contaminated site; Laboratory scale experiment; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Pyrene

Indexed keywords

ALCALIGENES; ALCALIGENES SP.; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS FIRMUS; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; PAENIBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS LAUTUS;

EID: 21244483954     PISSN: 15904261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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