Monitoring of microbial hydrocarbon remediation in the soil

3 Biotech

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 117-138

  Chikere, Chioma Blaise ^a   Okpokwasili, Gideon Chijioke ^a   Chikere, Blaise Ositadinma ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

^b Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Hydrocarbon; Microbial diversity; Molecular techniques

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; ALKANE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BENZENE; CATECHOL; FATTY ACID; HYDROCARBON; PHOSPHOLIPID; RNA 16S; TRICARBOXYLIC ACID;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; COMMUNITY LEVEL PHYSIOLOGICAL PROFILING; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIPID ANALYSIS; METAGENOMICS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOST PROBABLE NUMBER METHOD; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIROMETRY; REVIEW; RNA 16S GENE; RNA FINGERPRINTING; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL;

EID: 85200168777     PISSN: 2190572X     EISSN: 21905738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13205-011-0014-8     Document Type: Review

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