African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12506

Full Length Research Paper

Bioremediating silty soil contaminated by phenanthrene, pyrene, benz(a)anthracene, benzo(a)pyrene using Bacillus sp. and Pseudomonas sp.: Biosurfactant/Beta vulgaris agrowaste effects

Olusola S. Amodu*
  • Olusola S. Amodu*
  • Department of Chemical Engineering, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, South Africa.
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Tunde V. Ojumu
  • Tunde V. Ojumu
  • Department of Chemical Engineering, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, South Africa.
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Seteno K. O. Ntwampe
  • Seteno K. O. Ntwampe
  • Bioresource Engineering Research Group (BioERG), Department of Biotechnology, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, South Africa.
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  •  Received: 09 November 2015
  •  Accepted: 21 March 2016
  •  Published: 01 June 2016

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