Microbial populations of crude oil spill polluted soils at the Jordan-Iraq desert (the Badia region) População microbiana de solos contaminados pelo derramamento de petróleo no deserto Jordão-Iraque (região de Badia)

Microbial populations' inhabitants in crude petroleum contaminated soils were analyzed in relation with the soil characteristics. A noticeable greater decline of bacterial counts and diversity but a prevalence of the genus Pseudomonas over the other identified genera in the fresh contaminated s...

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Main Authors: Ismail Saadoun, Munir J. Mohammad, Khalid M. Hameed, Mo'ayyad Shawaqfah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia 2008-09-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822008000300008