Bioreactor-based bioremediation of hydrocarbon-polluted Niger Delta marine sediment, Nigeria

3 Biotech

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-66

  Chikere, Chioma Blaise ^a   Chikere, Blaise Ositadinma ^b   Okpokwasili, Gideon Chijioke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

^b Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Bioreactor; Bonny loading jetty; Crude oil; Marine sediment; Niger Delta

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACENE; HYDROCARBON; NITROGEN; PETROLEUM; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHORUS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SEA WATER;

ACINETOBACTER; ALCALIGENES; ALCANIVORAX; ARTHROBACTER; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOREACTOR DESIGN; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOSTIMULATION; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; CATABOLISM; CITROBACTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; ESCHERICHIA; FLAVOBACTERIUM; KLEBSIELLA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCOCCUS; NIGERIA; NOCARDIA; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS; RHODOCOCCUS; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; SERRATIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STIRRED REACTOR; WATER ANALYSIS;

ACINETOBACTER SP.; ALCALIGENES SP.; ALCANIVORAX; ARTHROBACTER; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITROBACTER; CORYNEBACTERIUM; ESCHERICHIA; FLAVOBACTERIUM SP.; KLEBSIELLA SP.; MICROCOCCUS; NOCARDIA; PROTEUS SP.; PSEUDOMONAS; RHODOCOCCUS; SERRATIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIUM;

EID: 84893543417     PISSN: 2190572X     EISSN: 21905738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13205-011-0030-8     Document Type: Article

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