Isolation, identification and characterization of naphthalene-degrading bacteria form oil-contaminated tropical marine sediments

The goal of this research is to examine the feasibility of mobilizing the indigenous bacteria to treat petroleum-contaminated Singapore seawater. The study reports the successful isolation of three indigenous naphthalene-degrading bacteria from oil-contaminated Singapore marine sediments by direct a...

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Main Author: Zhuang, Weiqin.
Other Authors: Tay, Stephen Tiong Lee
Format: Theses and Dissertations
Language:English
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/12191
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:The goal of this research is to examine the feasibility of mobilizing the indigenous bacteria to treat petroleum-contaminated Singapore seawater. The study reports the successful isolation of three indigenous naphthalene-degrading bacteria from oil-contaminated Singapore marine sediments by direct and enrichment culture isolation method on marine agar.