Fate of nitrogen-fixing bacteria in crude oil contaminated wetland ultisol

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 343-353

  John, R C ^a   Itah, A Y ^a   Essien, J P ^a   Ikpe, D I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UYO   (Nigeria)

^b Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Crude oil polluted wetland; Fate; Nitrogen fixing

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS POLYMYXA; BACTERIAL SPECIES; CLOSTRIDIUM PASTEURIANUM; CONTAMINATED SOILS; CONTINUOUS MONITORING; DEGRADABILITY; FATE; HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIAS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL GROUPS; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROBIAL LOADS; MUCONOIDES; NIGER DELTA; NITRATE LEVELS; NITROBACTER; NITROGEN FIXING BACTERIA; NITROGEN-FIXING; NITROSOMONAS; NODULATION; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS; PLANT GROWTH; POLLUTED SOILS; POLLUTION LEVEL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PUBESCENS; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MICRO-ORGANISMS; TOTAL HYDROCARBONS; TOTAL LOSS; ULTISOL;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CONTAMINATION; CRUDE OIL; HYDROCARBONS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY; SOILS; WETLANDS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

PETROLEUM;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLOSTRIDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; FABACEAE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NIGERIA; NITROGEN FIXATION; PSEUDOMONAS; SOIL POLLUTANT; WETLAND;

BACILLUS; BACTERIA; CLOSTRIDIUM; FABACEAE; NIGERIA; NITROGEN FIXATION; PETROLEUM; PSEUDOMONAS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WETLANDS;

AZOTOBACTER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CALOPOGONIUM; CENTROSEMA PUBESCENS; CLOSTRIDIUM PASTEURIANUM; DERXIA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NITROBACTER; NITROSOMONAS; PAENIBACILLUS POLYMYXA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 80054699138     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-011-0320-1     Document Type: Article

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