Microbial petroleum degradation: use of mixed hydrocarbon substrates.

Applied microbiology ·Vol. 27 ·No. 6 ·1974-06-00 ·Pages 1053-60

Walker JD, Colwell RR

Abstract

Methods of examining hydrocarbons to estimate the microbial degradation of petroleum are compared. Gas-liquid chromatography with a mixed hydrocarbon substrate has been shown to be useful in evaluating microbial potential for degradation of a number of hydrocarbons.

Authors & Affiliations

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Walker J D

Department of Microbiology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742.

Colwell R R

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Article Info

Journal

Applied microbiology

Abbr.

Appl Microbiol

ISSN

0003-6919

DOI

10.1128/am.27.6.1053-1060.1974

Published

1974-06-00

Pages

1053-60

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

7605802

PMCID

PMC380207

External Links

PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/am.27.6.1053-1060.1974 PMC Full Text

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