Petroleum bioremediation in seawater using guano as the fertilizer

Bioremediation Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 83-91

  Knezevich, Vishnia ^a   Koren, Omry ^a   Ron, Eliora Z ^a   Rosenberg, Eugene ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alcanivorax; Alteromonas; Guano; Petroleum degradation; Uric acid

Indexed keywords

ALCANIVORAX; ALTEROMONAS; AMMONIUM SULFATE; BACTERIAL CULTURES; GUANO; HYDROCARBON DEGRADATION; ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION; MARINE BACTERIUM; NITROGEN COMPONENT; NITROGEN SOURCES; PHOSPHORUS SOURCES; PURE CULTURE; URIC ACIDS;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CELL CULTURE; CRUDE OIL; DEGRADATION; EXPERIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS; MANURES; NITROGEN; OPEN SYSTEMS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHOSPHORUS; SEAWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

NITROGEN FERTILIZERS;

EID: 33750435231     PISSN: 10889868     EISSN: 15476529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10889860600939492     Document Type: Article

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