Bioremediation of polyaromatic hydrocarbon contaminated soils by native microflora and bioaugmentation with Sphingobium chlorophenolicum strain C3R: A feasibility study in solid- and slurry-phase microcosms

International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 191-197

  Colombo, Milena ^a   Cavalca, Lucia ^a   Bernasconi, Silvana ^a   Andreoni, Vincenza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bioaugmentation; DGGE; Metals; PAHs

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOILS; BIO-AUGMENTATION; BIODEGRADATION RATE; CONTAMINATED SOILS; DGGE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; IN-SITU BIOREMEDIATION; INTERACTIVE EFFECT; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MICROFLORA; NATIVE MICROFLORA; PAH MIXTURES; PAHS; POLYAROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SOIL BACTERIUM; SPHINGOBIUM CHLOROPHENOLICUM; UTILIZATION RATES;

ANTHRACENE; ARSENIC; BACTERIOLOGY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CADMIUM; DEGRADATION; HYDROCARBONS; MIXTURES; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS;

CONTAMINATION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BACTERIUM; BIOMONITORING; BIOREMEDIATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEAVY METAL; INOCULATION; MICROCOSM; SLURRY; SOIL POLLUTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SPHINGOBIUM CHLOROPHENOLICUM;

EID: 78650677705     PISSN: 09648305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibiod.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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