Comparison of oil degrading microbial communities in sediments from the Persian Gulf and Caspian Sea

Soil and Sediment Contamination

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 277-291

  Hassanshahian, Mehdi ^a   Emtiazi, Giti ^b   Kermanshahi, Rouha Kasra ^b   Cappello, Simone ^c  

^a SHAHID BAHONAR UNIVERSITY OF KERMAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alcanivorax; Alkane hydroxylase; Bioremediation; Hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria; Microbial community

Indexed keywords

ALCANIVORAX; ALKANE HYDROXYLASE; BACTERIAL DENSITY; CASPIAN SEA; CATABOLIC GENES; CONTAMINATED SEAWATER; CONTAMINATED SEDIMENT; DEHYDROGENASE ACTIVITY; ENZYMATIC ACTIVITIES; GLUCOSIDASE ACTIVITY; LIPASE ACTIVITY; METABOLIC ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROCOSM EXPERIMENTS; OIL CONTAMINATION; PCR ANALYSIS; PERSIAN GULF; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS; SPECIFIC PRIMERS; SUBSURFACE SEDIMENTS;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONTAMINATION; GENES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARAFFINS; PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY; POLLUTION DETECTION; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

SEDIMENTS;

ALCANIVORAX; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77951687671     PISSN: 15320383     EISSN: 15497887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15320381003695215     Document Type: Article

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