Microbial population changes in tropical agricultural soil experimentally contaminated with crude petroleum

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 4512-4520

  Obayori, Oluwafemi S ^a   Ilori, Matthew O ^a   Adebusoye, Sunday A ^a   Amund, Olukayode O ^a   Oyetibo, Ganiyu O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Crude petroleum; Heterotrophic counts; Hydrocarbon utilizers; Microflora; Pollution; Residual oil concentration

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON; PETROLEUM;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HETEROTROPHY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NATURAL POPULATION; NIGERIA; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON; SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 58149263246     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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