Oil-bioremediation potential of Arabian Gulf mud flats rich in diazotrophic hydrocarbon-utilizing bacteria

International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 218-225

  Al Mailem, D M ^a   Sorkhoh, N A ^a   Salamah, S ^a   Eliyas, M ^a   Radwan, S S ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Arabian Gulf; Bioremediation; Diazotrophs; Flat muds; Microbial mats; Oil pollution

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE SEQUENCE; ARABIAN GULF; BATCH CULTURE; ENERGY SOURCE; HALOMONAS; INOCULA; LIQUID WASTES; MARINOBACTER HYDROCARBONOCLASTICUS; MICROBIAL MATS; MOLECULAR APPROACH; NITROGEN FERTILIZATION; OIL POLLUTION; OIL-UTILIZING BACTERIA; PICOCYANOBACTERIA; SOLE CARBON;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BATCH CELL CULTURE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CRUDE OIL; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; POLLUTION; RNA; SEAWATER;

NITROGEN FIXATION;

BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CYANOBACTERIUM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL MAT; MUDFLAT; NITROGEN FIXATION; OIL POLLUTION; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; SLURRY;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; PERSIAN GULF;

ALCANIVORAX; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; DIETZIA MARIS; HALOMONAS; HALOMONAS AQUAMARINA; MARINOBACTER; MARINOBACTER HYDROCARBONOCLASTICUS;

EID: 77950296001     PISSN: 09648305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibiod.2010.01.007     Document Type: Article

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