Degradation of aromatic petroleum hydrocarbons (BTEX) by a solvent tolerant bacterial consortium

Journal of Urban and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 274-279

  Sarkar, Payel ^a   Rai, Andrew Roysten ^a   Ghosh, Shilpi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH BENGAL   (India)

Author keywords

BTEX degradation; Microbial consortium; Solvent tolerant

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897535294     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19823932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4090/juee.2013.v7n2.274279     Document Type: Article

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