Crude oil-degradation and plasmid profile of nitrifying bacteria isolated from oil-impacted mangrove sediment in the Niger Delta of Nigeria

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1020-1026

  John, R C ^a,b   Okpokwasili, G C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UYO   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Crude oil; Mangrove sediment; Nitrifying bacteria

Indexed keywords

CARBON SOURCE; DEGRADABILITY; DIESEL OIL; EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE; ENGINE OIL; MANGROVE SEDIMENTS; MIXED CULTURES; NIGER DELTA; NIGERIA; NITRIFYING BACTERIA; NITROBACTER; NITROSOMONAS; PLASMID PROFILE;

BACTERIA; BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CARBON; CRUDE OIL; DEGRADATION; DIESEL FUELS; DNA; ECOLOGY; ELECTROPHORESIS; HEXANE; PHENOLS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

NITRIFICATION;

PETROLEUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NIGERIA; NITRIFICATION; NITROBACTER; NITROSOMONAS; OIL SPILL; PLASMID; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACTERIA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NIGERIA; NITRIFICATION; NITROBACTER; NITROSOMONAS; PETROLEUM; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; PLASMIDS; RHIZOPHORACEAE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROBACTER; NITROBACTER SP.; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOMONAS SP.;

EID: 84861942948     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-012-0609-8     Document Type: Article

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