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

How to cite this article

APA /
Amodu, O. S., Ojumu, T. V., & Ntwampe, S. K. O. (2016). Bioremediating silty soil contaminated by phenanthrene, pyrene, benz(a)anthracene, benzo(a)pyrene using Bacillus sp. and Pseudomonas sp.: Biosurfactant/Beta vulgaris agrowaste effects. African Journal of Biotechnology , 15(22), 1058-1068.
Chicago /
Olusola S. Amodu,, Tunde V. Ojumu and Seteno K. O. Ntwampe. "Bioremediating silty soil contaminated by phenanthrene, pyrene, benz(a)anthracene, benzo(a)pyrene using Bacillus sp. and Pseudomonas sp.: Biosurfactant/Beta vulgaris agrowaste effects." African Journal of Biotechnology 15, no. 22 (2016): 1058-1068.
MLA /
Olusola S. Amodu, et al. "Bioremediating silty soil contaminated by phenanthrene, pyrene, benz(a)anthracene, benzo(a)pyrene using Bacillus sp. and Pseudomonas sp.: Biosurfactant/Beta vulgaris agrowaste effects." African Journal of Biotechnology 15.22 (2016): 1058-1068.
DOI /
https://doi.org/10.5897/AJB2015.15092
URL /
https://academicjournals.org/journal/AJB/article-abstract/6F0156E58687

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