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

• Main Author: Zhuang, Weiqin.
• Other Authors: Tay, Stephen Tiong Lee
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Environmental engineering::Environmental pollution
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/12191
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

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...