Bioremediation of petroleum contamination

Bioremediation of Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystems

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 173-212

  Saadoun, Ismail M K ^a   Al Ghzawi, Ziad Deeb ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

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