Biosurfactant from red ash trees enhances the bioremediation of PAH contaminated soil at a former gasworks site

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 162, Issue , 2015, Pages 30-36

  Blyth, Warren ^a   Shahsavari, Esmaeil ^a   Morrison, Paul D ^a   Ball, Andrew S ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Biosurfactant; DGGE; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; QPCR; Red ash tree

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMOLECULES; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COAL COMBUSTION; CONTAMINATION; GENES; PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

ASH TREES; BIO-SURFACTANTS; COAL-BURNING; CONTAMINATED SOILS; DGGE; NATURALLY OCCURRING; QPCR; RED ASH TREE; TRANSPORT VEHICLES; WOOD COMBUSTION;

BIOREMEDIATION;

BIOSURFACTANT; DIOXYGENASE; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PETROLEUM; RNA 16S; SOIL POLLUTANT; SURFACTANT;

BIOREMEDIATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PAH; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOLUBILIZATION; TREE;

ALPHITONIA EXCELSA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOREMEDIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRAXINUS; GASWORK; GENE DOSAGE; INDUSTRY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; NEW SOUTH WALES; PLANT LEAF; RHAMNACEAE; SOIL POLLUTANT;

AUSTRALIA;

ALPHITONIA EXCELSA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FRAXINUS; POSIBACTERIA;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; PETROLEUM; PLANT LEAVES; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RHAMNACEAE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 84938082877     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.07.041     Document Type: Article

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