Investigation of microbes in the rhizosphere of selected grasses for rhizoremediation of hydrocarbon-contaminated soils

Soil and Sediment Contamination

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 269-280

  Yateem, Awatif ^a   Al Sharrah, T ^a   Bin Haji, A ^a  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Hydrocarbon degrading microorganisms; Paspalum vaginatum; Rhizosphere; Zoysia tenuifolia

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; HYDROCARBONS; MICROORGANISMS; RNA;

HYDROCARBON DEGRADING MICROORGANISMS; PASPALUM VAGINATUM; RHIZOSPHERE; ZOYSIA TENUIFOLIA;

SOILS;

ARTHROBACTER; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; FUSARIUM SOLANI; PASPALUM; PASPALUM VAGINATUM; POACEAE; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS BOREOPOLIS; ZOYSIA TENUIFOLIA;

EID: 34147151137     PISSN: 15320383     EISSN: 15497887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15320380701285667     Document Type: Article

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