Bioremediation by rhamnolipids produced by environmental isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Bioremediation: Processes, Challenges and Future Prospects

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 299-332

  Rikalovic, Milena G ^a   Vrvic, Miroslav M ^a   Karadzic, Ivanka M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Application; Bioremediation; Environmental strain; Heavy metals.; Hydrocarbon; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Rhamnolipids

Indexed keywords

EID: 84952643459     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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