Biodegradation potential of halo(Alkali)philic prokaryotes

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 811-856

  Sorokin, Dimitry Y ^a,b   Janssen, Albert J H ^c,d   Muyzer, Gerard ^b,e  

^a WINOGRADSKY INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c E and P   (Netherlands)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Halo(alkali)philic bacteria; Haloarchaea; Hydrocarbons; PAH

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BACTERIA; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOREMEDIATION; DESULFURIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HYDROCARBONS; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; MARINE BIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RIVERS; SEAWATER; SULFUR; SURVEYS; WATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BIODEGRADATION POTENTIALS; BIODEGRADATION PROCESS; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; HALOARCHAEA; TOXIC INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WATER PURIFICATION PLANTS; WATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS;

BIODEGRADATION;

ALKALI; ARSENIC ACID; CARBON MONOXIDE; COAL; CYANIDE; HYDROCARBON; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; INORGANIC COMPOUND; METHANOL; NITROGEN; OIL; SELENATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFUR; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DENITRIFICATION; DILUTION; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; GAS; HABITAT; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; MICROORGANISM; NITROGEN CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PH; PROKARYOTE; SALINITY; SULFUR CYCLE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84991739984     PISSN: 10643389     EISSN: 15476537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10643389.2010.534037     Document Type: Article

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