Biodegradation of aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons: Specificity among bacteria isolated from refinery waste sludge

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution: Focus

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 103-115

  Katsivela, Eleftheria ^a   Moore, Edward R B ^b,c   Kalogerakis, Nicolas ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

2,2,4,4,6,8,8 Heptamethylnonane; 2,6,10,14 Tetramethylpentadecane; Biodegradation; Branched alkanes; Enterobacter; Ochrobactrum; Petroleum hydrocarbons; T RFLP fingerprinting

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BIODEGRADATION; SLUDGE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER SP.; OCHROBACTRUM; OCHROBACTRUM SP.;

EID: 4344567273     PISSN: 15677230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023938003361     Document Type: Article

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