Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria from aviation fuel spill site at Ibeno, Nigeria

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1014-1019

  John, R C ^a,b   Essien, J P ^b   Akpan, S B ^b   Okpokwasili, G C ^a  

^a Department of Pharmacology   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UYO   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Aviation Fuel polluted soil; Biodegradation; Polyaromatic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

ALCALIGENES FAECALIS; AVIATION FUEL; CHRYSENE; CONCENTRATION-DEPENDENT; CONTAMINATED SOILS; DEGRADABILITY; DEGRADING BACTERIA; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; NIGERIA; POLYAROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATICS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SALT MEDIUM; SOLE SOURCE OF CARBON;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; HYDROCARBONS; NAPHTHALENE; SOIL POLLUTION;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL ACCIDENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NIGERIA; OIL SPILL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

AIRCRAFT; BACTERIA; CHEMICAL HAZARD RELEASE; NIGERIA; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

ALCALIGENES FAECALIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 84861921285     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-012-0598-7     Document Type: Article

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