Biodegradation of bilge waste from Patagonia with an indigenous microbial community

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 97, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 2280-2290

  Nievas, M L ^a   Commendatore, M G ^a   Olivera, N L ^b   Esteves, J L ^a   Bucala V ^c  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bilge waste; Biodegradation; Bioreactor; Hydrocarbons; PAHs; SPME

Indexed keywords

BILGE WASTE OILY PHASE (BWOP); BILGE WASTES; CONTROLLED EXPERIMENTS; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION (SPME);

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTORS; EVAPORATION; MICROORGANISMS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

SOLID WASTES;

DIESEL FUEL; HEXANE; HYDROCARBON; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; RIBOSOME DNA;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTORS; EVAPORATION; MICROORGANISMS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SOLID WASTES;

BIODEGRADATION; HAZARDOUS WASTE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SHIPPING; WASTE;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; EVAPORATION; HAZARDOUS WASTE; MICROFLORA; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; SHIP; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; SEAWATER; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI;

EID: 33746241976     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2005.10.042     Document Type: Article

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