Adhesion to the hydrocarbon phase increases phenanthrene degradation by Pseudomonas fluorescens LP6a

Biodegradation

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 485-496

  Abbasnezhad, Hassan ^a,b   Foght, Julia M ^a   Gray, Murray R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b SAHAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

1 Dodecanol; Aerobic phenanthrene biodegradation; Bacterial adhesion; Hydrophobicity; Pseudomonas fluorescens

Indexed keywords

1-DODECANOL; AEROBIC PHENANTHRENE BIODEGRADATION; AQUEOUS GROWTH; AQUEOUS PHASE; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL CELLS; ENHANCED BIODEGRADATION; HYDROCARBON PHASE; MICROBIAL ADHESION; OIL WATER INTERFACES; PHENANTHRENE METABOLITES; POLAR METABOLITE; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; TWO PHASE MIXTURES; WATERSOLUBLE;

ADHESION; ANTHRACENE; BACTERIOLOGY; CELL CULTURE; DEGRADATION; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROPHOBICITY; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; PHASE INTERFACES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SURFACE TENSION;

BIODEGRADATION;

PHENANTHRENE; PHENANTHRENE DERIVATIVE;

ADHESION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; CYTOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDROPHOBICITY; METABOLITE; PHENANTHRENE; SURFACE TENSION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOREMEDIATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; PHENANTHRENES; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 79955688063     PISSN: 09239820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10532-010-9421-5     Document Type: Article

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