Isolation and characterization of a potential paraffin-wax degrading thermophilic bacterial strain Geobacillus kaustophilus TERI NSM for application in oil wells with paraffin deposition problems

Chemosphere

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1445-1451

  Sood, Nitu ^a   Lal, Banwari ^b  

^a TERI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b THE ENERGY AND RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Long chain alkane degradation; Paraffinic crude oil; Wax degradation; Wax deposition

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; GEOCHEMISTRY; MICROBIOLOGY; NUTRIENTS; OIL WELLS; PARAFFIN OILS; SOILS; THERMOPHORESIS;

LONG CHAIN ALKANE DEGRADATION; WAX DEGRADATION; WAX DEPOSITION;

SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL;

PARAFFIN;

BACTERIA; GEOCHEMISTRY; MICROBIOLOGY; NUTRIENTS; OIL WELLS; PARAFFIN OILS; SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL; SOILS; THERMOPHORESIS;

BIODEGRADATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; OIL WELL; SOIL POLLUTION; SURVIVAL; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; WAX;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARBON SOURCE; GENE SEQUENCE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; SOIL POLLUTION; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ALKANES; BACILLACEAE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARAFFIN; PETROLEUM; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; WAXES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEOBACILLUS; GEOBACILLUS KAUSTOPHILUS;

EID: 38049150992     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.08.071     Document Type: Article

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