Biodegradation of diesel fuel by microbial consortia enriched from oil refinery polluted soil

CHISA 2008 - 18th International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Moliterni, E ^a   Villar, M ^a   Rodriguez L ^b   Fernandez F J ^a   Villasenor J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b Alquimia Soluciones Ambientales ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Contaminated soil; Diesel oil contamination; Kinetics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889950550     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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