Biodegradation of diesel oil by an Arabian Sea sediment culture isolated from the vicinity of an oil field

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 281-286

  Mukherji, Suparna ^a   Jagadevan, Sheeja ^a   Mohapatra, Gita ^a   Vijay, Avinash ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Denitrification; N P ratio; Nutrients; Osmotolerance; Petroleum hydrocarbons; Salinity; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CARBON; CONTAMINATION; DEGRADATION; OIL FIELDS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEDIMENTS;

ANOXIC NITRATE; DIESEL OILS; SUBSURFACE ENVIRONMENTS;

DIESEL FUELS;

DIESEL FUEL; NITRATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; DENITRIFICATION; DIESEL; MARINE SEDIMENT;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON SOURCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENERGY RESOURCE; GROWTH INHIBITION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SEA; SEDIMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; GASOLINE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS; MIDDLE EAST; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 3543043812     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2004.02.029     Document Type: Article

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