Air-dust-borne associations of phototrophic and hydrocarbon-utilizing microorganisms: Promising consortia in volatile hydrocarbon bioremediation

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 3997-4005

  Al Bader, Dhia ^a   Eliyas, Mohamed ^a   Rayan, Rihab ^a   Radwan, Samir ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Airborne microorganisms; Bacteria; Bioremediation; Cyanobacteria; Hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; COASTAL WATER; CYANOBACTERIUM; DUST; HETEROTROPHY; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; DUST; KUWAIT; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; DUST; HYDROCARBONS; KUWAIT; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

KUWAIT [KUWAIT (NTN)]; KUWAIT [MIDDLE EAST];

ACARYOCHLORIS; ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER SP.; AEROMONAS PUNCTATA; ALCANIVORAX; ALCANIVORAX JADENSIS; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS ASAHII; BACILLUS PUMILUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; GLOEOTILA; LEPTOLYNGBYA; LEPTOLYNGBYA SP.; LEPTOLYNGBYA THERMALIS; MARINOBACTER; MARINOBACTER HYDROCARBONOCLASTICUS; NOSTOC COMMUNE; PAENIBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS SP.; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

EID: 84867097836     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-012-0897-x     Document Type: Article

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