Hydrocarbon degradation in relation to cell-surface hydrophobicity among bacterial hydrocarbon degraders from petroleum-contaminated Kuwait desert environment

International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 273-279

  Obuekwe, Christian O ^a   Al Jadi, Zamya K ^a   Al Saleh, Esmaeil S ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Bacterial cell surface hydrophobicity; Hydrocarbon degradation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CRUDE PETROLEUM; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROPHOBICITY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYSTYRENES;

ACINETOBACTER; ALCALIGENES; BACTERIAL CELL-SURFACE HYDROPHOBICITY; BACTERIAL ISOLATES; BURKHOLDERIA; CELL SURFACES; CONTAMINATED SITES; CRUDE OIL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HYDROCARBON DEGRADATIONS; HYDROCARBON DEGRADERS; HYDROCARBON-DEGRADATION; KLEBSIELLA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

DEGRADATION;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; CONTAMINATED LAND; DESERT; HYDROCARBON; HYDROPHOBICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACINETOBACTER; ALCALIGENES; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; KLEBSIELLA; NEGIBACTERIA; PAENIBACILLUS; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; WILLIAMSIA;

EID: 60449096945     PISSN: 09648305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibiod.2008.10.004     Document Type: Article

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