Bioremediation potential of a tropical soil contaminated with a mixture of crude oil and production water

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1966-1974

  Alvarez, Vanessa Marques ^a   Dos Santos, Silvia Cristina Cunha ^a   Casella, Renata da Costa ^b   Vital, Ronalt Leite ^c   Sebastin, Gina Vazquez ^c   Seldin, Lucy ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Gorceix Foundation   (Brazil)

^c PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bacterial communities; Bioremediation; Oil; PCRDGGE; Production water

Indexed keywords

ALKANE HYDROXYLASE; BACTERIAL DNA; DIESEL FUEL; DNA 16S; DODECANE; GASOLINE; HEXADECANE; HEXANE; NAPHTHALENE; ORTHO XYLENE; OXYGENASE; PARA XYLENE; PETROLEUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; ALKANE 1 MONOOXYGENASE; RNA 16S;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GORDONIA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RHODOCOCCUS; RNA SEQUENCE; SALT TOLERANCE; SOIL POLLUTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHODOCOCCUS;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ALKANE 1-MONOOXYGENASE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BRAZIL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GORDONIA BACTERIUM; PETROLEUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHODOCOCCUS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SALT-TOLERANCE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 67651036722     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: 17388872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4014/jmb.0800.279     Document Type: Article

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