Acute toxicity test of oilfield wastewater on bacterial community of a soil in Nigeria

Research Journal of Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-32

  Wemedo, S A ^a   Obire, O ^a  

^a RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Activity; Bacteria; Effect; Heterotrophic; Oilfield; Population; Short term; Soil

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROCARBON; OIL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CARBON DIOXIDE EVOLUTION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; HETEROTROPHY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICITY TESTING; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SAMPLING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84863550176     PISSN: 18193420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/rjet.2012.25.32     Document Type: Article

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