Potential of the microbial community present in an unimpacted beach sediment to remediate petroleum hydrocarbons

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 3176-3184

  Almeida, C Marisa R ^a   Reis, Izabela ^a   Couto, M Nazaré ^a,b   Bordalo, Adriano A ^a,b   Mucha, Ana P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Autochthonous bioaugmentation; Bioremediation; Biostimulation; Buried oil; Oil spills; Petroleum hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

BEACH; BIOREMEDIATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LABORATORY METHOD; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OIL SPILL; SEAWATER; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 84876738562     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-012-1240-2     Document Type: Article

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