Enhanced bioremediation of crude oil utilizing lipophilic fertilizers combined with biosurfactants and molasses

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1855-1861

  Nikolopoulou, Maria ^a   Kalogerakis, Nicolas ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bioremediation agents; Biostimulation; Biosurfactants; Lipophilic nutrients; Oil spills

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMOLECULES; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CRUDE PETROLEUM; DEGRADATION; FERTILIZERS; HYDROCARBONS; MARINE POLLUTION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLASSES; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OIL SPILLS; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARAFFINS; PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY; PHASE INTERFACES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTION; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

BIODEGRADATION PROCESSES; BIOREMEDIATION AGENTS; BIOSTIMULATION; BIOSURFACTANT; BIOSURFACTANTS; CRUDE OILS; ENHANCED BIOREMEDIATION; LIPOPHILIC NUTRIENTS; MARINE ENVIRONMENTS; MICRO-ORGANISMS; NATURAL ORIGINS; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS; RESEARCH STUDIES; RHAMNOLIPIDS; URIC ACIDS; WATER INTERFACES;

NUTRIENTS;

FERTILIZER; MOLASSES; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; RHAMNOLIPID; URIC ACID;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CRUDE OIL; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MARINE POLLUTION; MOLASSE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; OIL SPILL; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROORGANISM; OIL SPILL; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; FERTILIZERS; HYDROCARBONS; MOLASSES; PETROLEUM; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 54549100136     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.07.021     Document Type: Article

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