Hydrocarbon degradation at high salinity by a novel extremely halophilic actinomycete

Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-7

  Al Mueini, Ratiba ^a,b   Al Dalali, Muna ^a,b   Al Amri, Issa S ^a   Patzelt, Heiko ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b OMAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Oman)

Author keywords

Alkanes; Fluorene; Microbial degradation; Xenobiotics

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; BIODEGRADATION; FLUORINE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OIL FIELD; SALINITY; XENOBIOTICS;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOMYCETALES; ACTINOPOLYSPORA;

EID: 33847314308     PISSN: 14482517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EN06019     Document Type: Article

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