Characterization of microbial contamination in United States Air Force aviation fuel tanks

Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-36

  Rauch, Michelle E ^a   Graef, Harold W ^b   Rozenzhak, Sophie M ^a   Jones, Sharon E ^c   Bleckmann, Charles A ^b   Kruger, Randell L ^a   Naik, Rajesh R ^a   Stone, Morley O ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UES   (United States)

Author keywords

Aviation fuel; Fuel microorganisms; Jet A; JP 4; JP 8; Microbial contamination

Indexed keywords

RNA;

AIR FORCE; ALCALIGENES; ARTHROBACTER; ARTICLE; AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS; AVIATION; BACILLUS; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPERSION; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; NONHUMAN; PANTOEA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; UNITED STATES;

AIRCRAFT; BACTERIA; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FUEL OILS; FUNGI; GENES, RRNA; HYDROCARBONS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; UNITED STATES;

ALCALIGENES; ALCALIGENES SP.; ARTHROBACTER; ARTHROBACTER SP.; AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; KOCURIA; LEUCOBACTER KOMAGATAE; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; PANTOEA; PANTOEA ANANATIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 29944434120     PISSN: 13675435     EISSN: 14765535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10295-005-0023-x     Document Type: Article

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