Bacterial Isolate from Arabian Gulf Coast Soils in Saudi Arabia Able to Degrade Arab Crude Oil

By means of the enrichment culture technique, two types of microorganisms were isolated from oil contaminated soil samples gathered from coastal area of Saudi Arabia on the Arabian Gulf. One bacterial isolate has proved its ability to degrade Arab crude oil added to aqueous phases (salts solution, s...

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Main Authors: Abdel-Alim H. El-Sayed, M.S. Al-Blehed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 1999-01-01
Series:Journal of King Saud University: Engineering Sciences
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1018363918310018