Degradation of a mixture of hydrocarbons, gasoline, and diesel oil additives by Rhodococcus aetherivorans and Rhodococcus wratislaviensis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 7774-7782

  Auffret, Marc ^a,b   Labbé, Diane ^b   Thouand, Gérald ^c   Greer, Charles W ^b   Fayolle Guichard, Françoise ^a  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION; CYCLOHEXANE; DEGRADATION; DIESEL FUELS; ETHERS; ETHYLBENZENE; MIXTURES; NAPHTHALENE; PETROLEUM ADDITIVES; POLYOLS; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

2 ,2 ,4-TRIMETHYLPENTANE; 2-ETHYLHEXYL NITRATE; BENZENE , TOLUENE , ETHYLBENZENE , AND XYLENES; DEGRADATION CAPACITY; ETHYL TERT-BUTYL ETHER; HYDROCARBON DEGRADATION; METHYL TERT BUTYL ETHER; MIXTURE OF HYDROCARBONS;

PARAFFINS;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BTEX; DIESEL; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; REACTION RATE;

RHODOCOCCUS AETHERIVORANS; RHODOCOCCUS WRATISLAVIENSIS;

EID: 73249117932     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01117-09     Document Type: Article

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