Xanthan production by a native strain of X. campestris and evaluation of application in EOR

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 3010-3013

  Nasr, Shaghayegh ^a   Soudi, Mohammad Reza ^a   Haghighi, Manouchehr ^b  

^a ALZAHRA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Enhanced oil recovery; Polymer flooding; X. campestris; Xanthan

Indexed keywords

XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 35348994489     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2007.3010.3013     Document Type: Article

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