Biodegradation of benzene by pure and mixed cultures of Bacillus spp

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1557-1567

  Liu, Jiann Hong ^a   Maity, Jyoti Prakash ^a   Jean, Jiin Shuh ^a   Chen, Chien Yen ^b   Chen, Chien Cheng ^c   Ho, Sin Yi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bacillus spp; Biodegradation of benzene; Kinetic parameters; Single and mixed cultures

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; BACILLUS SPP; BACILLUS STRAIN; BACTERIAL STRAINS; BENZENE DECOMPOSITION; BROTH MEDIA; DEGRADATION PATTERNS; DEGRADATION PROCESS; DEGRADATION RATE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; MICROBIAL STRAIN; MIXED CULTURES; MODIFIED CARBON; OIL SLUDGE; PURE CULTURE; RRNA GENES; SPECIES INTERACTIONS; SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATIONS;

BACTERIOLOGY; BENZENE; DEGRADATION; EXPERIMENTS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; KINETIC PARAMETERS; RNA;

BIODEGRADATION;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LURIA;

EID: 77955280828     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11274-010-0331-9     Document Type: Article

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