Microbial enhanced oil recovery using biosurfactant produced by Alcaligenes faecalis

Iranian Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 216-223

  Salehizadeh, Hossein ^a   Mohammadizad, Saleh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Alcaligenes; Biosurfactant; Carbonate reservoir; Core flooding; Crude oil; MEOR; Surface tension

Indexed keywords

BIOSURFACTANT; CARBON; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MOLASSES; NITROGEN;

ALCALIGENES FAECALIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY; SURFACE TENSION;

ALCALIGENES; ALCALIGENES FAECALIS; ALCALIGENES SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 73649091098     PISSN: 17283043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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