Rhodococcus sp. F92 immobilized on polyurethane foam shows ability to degrade various petroleum products

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 32-38

  Quek, Eugene ^a   Ting, Yen Peng ^a   Tan, Hai Meng ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Kemin Industries Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Immobilisation; Petroluem hydrocarbon; Polyurethane foams; Rhodococcus

Indexed keywords

BIOREMEDIATION; CELLS; PARAFFINS; PETROLEUM PRODUCTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS; POLYURETHANE FOAMS (PUF); RHODOCOCCUS;

POLYURETHANES;

ALKANE; DIESEL FUEL; HYDROCARBON; PETROLEUM; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; POLYURETHAN;

BIOREMEDIATION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOCOCCUS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ALKANES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CELLS, IMMOBILIZED; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYURETHANES; RHODOCOCCUS;

RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 24644452100     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2005.02.031     Document Type: Article

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