Microbe-Assisted Phytoremediation of Hydrocarbons in Estuarine Environments

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Oliveira, Vanessa ^a   Gomes, Newton C M ^a   Almeida, Adelaide ^a   Silva, Artur M S ^a   Silva, Helena ^a   Cunha, Ângela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON;

BIOREMEDIATION; ESTUARY; METABOLISM;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ESTUARIES; HYDROCARBONS;

EID: 84941745613     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: 1432184X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-014-0455-9     Document Type: Review

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