Bioremediation of engine oil polluted soil by the tropical white rot fungus, Lentinus squarrosulus Mont. (Singer)

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1634-1637

  Adenipekun, Clementina O ^a   Isikhuemhen, Omoanghe S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Engine oil; Heavy metals; Lentinus squarrosulus; Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAH)

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; LENTINUS; LENTINUS SQUARROSULUS;

HYDROCARBON; METAL; NITROGEN; OIL; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LENTINUS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PH; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LENTINULA; METALS; NITROGEN; OILS; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 54049083474     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2008.1634.1637     Document Type: Article

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