Bacterial diversity in a tropical crude oil-polluted soil undergoing bioremediation

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2535-2540

  Chikere, C B ^a   Okpokwasili, G C ^a   Chikere, B O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

^b Shell Petroleum Development Company   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Actinobacteria; Bioremediation; Bonny light; Crude oil pollution; Fertilizers; Niger Delta; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON; PETROLEUM;

ALCALIGENES; ARTHROBACTER; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIOREMEDIATION; CORYNEBACTERIUM; FLAVOBACTERIUM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GORDONIA; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROCOCCUS; MYCOBACTERIUM; NOCARDIA; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS; RHODOCOCCUS; SOIL POLLUTION;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ALCALIGENES SP.; ARTHROBACTER SP.; BACILLUS SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM SP.; FLAVOBACTERIUM SP.; GORDONIA SP.; MICROCOCCUS SP.; MYCOBACTERIUM SP.; NOCARDIA SP.; PSEUDOMONAS SP.; RHODOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 67649661810     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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