Phyto-bioconversion of hard coal in the Cynodon dactylon/coal rhizosphere

Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 292-303

  Igbinigie, Eric E ^a   Mutambanengwe, Cecil C Z ^a   Rose, Peter D ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Coal bioconversion; Coal biodegradation; Cynodon dactylon; Neosartorya fischeri

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; BIOCONVERSION ACTIVITY; BIOPROCESSING; CYNODON; CYNODON DACTYLON; FIXED-BED BIOREACTOR; FUNGAL GROWTH; FUNGAL ISOLATES; HARD COAL; INDUSTRIAL SCALE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MUTUALISTIC INTERACTION; NEOSARTORYA FISCHERI; ORGANICS; PLANT ROOTS; SUBMERGED CULTURES;

ANTHRACITE; BIODEGRADATION; DEGRADATION; FUNGI; MICROBIOLOGY; NITRIC ACID; SOILS;

COAL INDUSTRY;

COAL; FULVIC ACID; GENOMIC DNA; HUMIC ACID; NITRIC ACID;

ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYNODON; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FIXED BED REACTOR; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GRASS; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROCOCCUS HORIKOSHII; RHIZOSPHERE; ULOCLADIUM;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; COAL; CULTURE MEDIA; CYNODON; FUNGI; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOSARTORYA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOTS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ASPERGILLUS; CYNODON DACTYLON; FUNGI; NEOSARTORYA FISCHERI;

EID: 77949427323     PISSN: 18606768     EISSN: 18607314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/biot.200900201     Document Type: Article

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