Alkaliphilic and halophilic hydrocarbon-utilizing bacteria from Kuwaiti coasts of the Arabian Gulf

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 183-186

  Al Awadhi, H ^a   Sulaiman, Rasha H D ^a   Mahmoud, Huda M ^a   Radwan, S S ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CRUDE PETROLEUM; HYDROCARBONS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; RNA;

GREEN ANIMATE MATERIALS; HALOPHILES; MICROBACTERIUM; SELF-CLEANING POTENTIAL;

BACTERIA;

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; AROMATIC COMPOUND; CARBON; HYDROCARBON; PETROLEUM; RNA;

BACTERIUM; COASTAL ZONE; CRUDE OIL; HYDROCARBON; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELLULOMONAS; CITRICOCCUS; COASTAL WATERS; DIETZIA; ENERGY; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEORGENIA; HALOPHILE; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; INTERTIDAL ZONE; ISOPTERICOLA; KUWAIT; MARINOBACTER; MICROBACTERIUM; MICROCOCCUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OCEANOBACILLUS; PH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPPIA;

ALKALIES; BACILLUS; BACTERIA; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KUWAIT; MARINOBACTER; MICROCOCCUS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARABIAN SEA; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; KUWAIT [MIDDLE EAST]; MIDDLE EAST; PERSIAN GULF;

CELLULOMONAS; CITRICOCCUS; DIETZIA; GEORGENIA; ISOPTERICOLA; MARINOBACTER; MICROBACTERIUM; MICROCOCCUS; OCEANOBACILLUS; STAPPIA;

EID: 35348926280     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-007-1127-1     Document Type: Article

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