Bacteria-mediated PAH degradation in soil and sediment

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1357-1371

  Lu, Xiao Ying ^a   Zhang, Tong ^a   Fang, Herbert Han Ping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Bioremediation; Microorganisms; PAHs

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION IN SOIL; BIODEGRADATION RATE; BIOLOGICAL DEGRADATION; CHEMICAL DEGRADATION; CONTAMINATED SOILS; DEGRADING BACTERIA; FIELD STUDIES; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MONITORING METHODS; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; PAHS; RECALCITRANT COMPOUNDS; REDOX POTENTIALS; SOIL AND SEDIMENT;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; DEGRADATION; GENES; REDOX REACTIONS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; ANIONIC SURFACTANT; ANTHRACENE; ANTHRACENE DERIVATIVE; BIOSURFACTANT; CARBON; CATIONIC SURFACTANT; DIOXYGENASE; ENZYME; FERRIC ION; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; MANGANESE; NAPHTHALENE; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NONIONIC SURFACTANT; OXYGEN; PHENANTHRENE; PHOSPHORUS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; RING HYDROXYLATING DIOXYGENASE; SULFATE; SURFACTANT; TRITON X 100; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIODEGRADATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; OPTIMIZATION; PAH; REDOX POTENTIAL; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOLUBILITY;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AERATION; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ALCALIGENES; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DENITRIFICATION; DIBENZANTHRACENE; KINETICS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROORGANISM; MINERALIZATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PSEUDOMONAS; PUBLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; SALINITY; SEDIMENT; SHORT SURVEY; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOLUBILIZATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BACTERIA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79952575710     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-010-3072-7     Document Type: Short Survey

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