Bioremediation and reclamation of soil contaminated with petroleum oil hydrocarbons by exogenously seeded bacterial consortium: A pilot-scale study

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 471-478

  Mukherjee, Ashis K ^a   Bordoloi, Naba K ^a  

^a TEZPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Bioremediation; Crop plants; Petroleum oil hydrocarbon degradation; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Soil reclamation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOREMEDIATION; CROP PLANT; CULTIVATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; LEGUME; OIL SPILL; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; REACTION KINETICS; SOIL POLLUTION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CICER; CICER ARIETINUM; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; VIGNA MUNGO; VIGNA RADIATA VAR. RADIATA;

EID: 79951769095     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-010-0391-2     Document Type: Article

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