A new biosurfactant for use in the clean up of oil spills on sea water environment

Water Studies

Volumn 11, Issue , 2002, Pages 245-251

  Crescenzi, F ^a   Buffagni, M ^b   D'Angeli, E ^a   Porcelli, F ^a  

^a ENI S P A   (Italy)

^b AGIP SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; BIODEGRADATION; EMULSIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MARINE POLLUTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROORGANISMS; POLYSACCHARIDES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

BIOSURFACTANTS; CHEMICAL LOADS; MINERAL NUTRIENTS; OIL DISPERSION;

OIL SPILLS;

EID: 2942579264     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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4. Crescenzi, F.,Camilli, M., Fascetti, E., Porcelli, F., Prosperi, G., & Sacceddu, P., Microbial degradation of biosurfactant dispersed oil. Proc. of 1999 International Oil Spill Conference, American Petroleum Institute: Washington, DC, pp. 1039-1042, 1999.