Bioremediation of diesel fuel contaminated soil: Comparison of individual compounds to complex mixtures

Soil and Sediment Contamination

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 277-297

  Zytner, R G ^a   Salb, A C ^a   Stiver, W H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Complex mixtures; Decay rates; Diesel fuel; Microbial species; Petroleum hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTORS; BIOREMEDIATION; CONTAMINATION; DIESEL FUELS; FUNGI; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SPILLS; HYDROCARBONS; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISMS; MIXTURES; PETROLEUM PRODUCTS;

COMPLEX MIXTURES; CONTAMINATED SOIL; DECAY RATES; MICROBIAL SPECIES; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 33646257805     PISSN: 10588337     EISSN: 15497887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15320380600646332     Document Type: Article

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