An isolated bacterial consortium for crude oil biodegradation

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 81, 2011, Pages 18763-18767

  Alkhatib, Ma'an Fahmi ^a   Alam, Md Zahangir ^a   Muyibi, Suleyman A ^a   Husain, Iman A F ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bacterial consortium; Bioremediation; Biostimulation; Crude oil; Kinetics; Natural attenuation

Indexed keywords

PETROLEUM;

ARTICLE; AUTOCLAVE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CARBON SOURCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION KINETICS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GROWTH RATE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MYCORRHIZAL INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SLUDGE DIGESTION; SOIL PROPERTY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84855759190     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/AJB11.2749     Document Type: Article

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