Biosurfactant assisted bioremediation of petroleum and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in aquatic and soil media

Petroleum hydrocarbons are organic pollutants of major concern due to their wide distribution, persistence, complex composition, and toxicity. They can bioaccumulate in food chains where they disrupt biochemical or physiological activities and can affect genetic integrity of many organisms, resultin...

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Main Author: Bezza, Fisseha A.
Other Authors: Chirwa, Evans M.N.
Language:en
Published: University of Pretoria 2017
Subjects:
PAH
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2263/61284
Bezza, FA 2016, Biosurfactant assisted bioremediation of petroleum and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in aquatic and soil media, PhD Thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/61284>