Biodegradation of carbazole and dibenzothiophene by bacteria isolated from petroleum-contaminated sites

Bioremediation Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 189-195

  Singh, Gajendra B ^a   Srivastava, Akanksha ^a   Saigal, Ashmita ^a   Aggarwal, Sakshi ^a   Bisht, Shivani ^a   Gupta, Sanjay ^a   Srivastava, Sudha ^a   Gupta, Nidhi ^a  

^a JAYPEE INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Biorefining; Carbazole; Dibenzothiophene; Gibbs assay

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL CULTURES; BIOREFINING; CARBAZOLE; DIBENZOTHIOPHENE; DIBENZOTHIOPHENES; PSEUDOMONAS SP; SELECTIVE REMOVAL;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; CELL CULTURE; NITROGEN REMOVAL; REFINING; SULFUR;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

EID: 84862930833     PISSN: 10889868     EISSN: 15476529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10889868.2011.624142     Document Type: Article

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