Hydrocarbon degrading microflora in a tropical fuel-contaminated aquifer: Assessing the feasibility of PAH bioremediation

International Journal of Environmental Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 345-352

  Castro Gutierrez V M ^a   Rodriguez Rodriguez C E ^a,b   Vargas Azofeifa, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Bioslurry; Groundwater; Hydrocarbon; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER POLLUTION; BIOREMEDIATION; DEGRADATION; FLORA; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MICROORGANISM; NAPHTHALENE; OXIC CONDITIONS; PAH; PHENANTHRENE; PYRENE; SLURRY;

COSTA RICA;

COMAMONAS; DELFTIA; PSEUDOMONAS; SPHINGOMONAS; STENOTROPHOMONAS;

EID: 84855562751     PISSN: 17356865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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