Diesel degradation and biosurfactant production by Gram-positive isolates

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 5847-5854

  Ganesh, A ^a   Lin, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Biosurfactant; Diesel; Gram positive bacteria; Paenibacillus sp.; Stenotrophomonas sp.

Indexed keywords

BIOSURFACTANT; DIESEL FUEL; GLUCOSE; PARAFFIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMULSION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GRAVIMETRY; HETEROTROPHY; INCUBATION TIME; LIQUID CULTURE; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; PAENIBACILLUS; PLATE COUNT; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STENOTROPHOMONAS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PAENIBACILLUS SP.; POSIBACTERIA; STENOTROPHOMONAS SP.;

EID: 71649086893     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/ajb09.811     Document Type: Article

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