Bioremediation of crude oil polluted seawater by a hydrocarbon-degrading bacterial strain immobilized on chitin and chitosan flakes

International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 222-228

  Gentili, Alejandro R ^a   Cubitto, María A ^a   Ferrero, Marcela ^b   Rodriguéz, María S ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

^b PLANTA PILOTO DE PROCESOS INDUSTRIALES MICROBIOLÓGICOS PROIMI CONICET   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bioaugmentation; Bioremediation; Chitin; Chitosan; Hydrocarbon degrading bacterial strain; Immobilization

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CHITIN; CRUDE PETROLEUM; HYDROCARBONS; MICROORGANISMS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BIOAUGMENTATION; CHITOSAN; HYDROCARBON-DEGRADING BACTERIAL STRAIN; IMMOBILIZATION;

MARINE POLLUTION;

BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; CHITIN; CRUDE OIL; HYDROCARBON; IN SITU TEST; MICROCOSM; SEAWATER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 33646704994     PISSN: 09648305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibiod.2006.02.009     Document Type: Article

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