Bioremediation of crude oil contaminated soils a black art or an engineering challenge?

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• art 63%
• bioremediation 59%
• crude oil 56%
• contaminated soil 55%
• respiration 41%
• engineering 39%
• bacterium 29%
• soil 26%
• carbon dioxide 24%
• bioaugmentation 19%
• biological treatment 16%
• pile 13%
• material 12%
• hydrocarbon 10%
• rate 10%
• nutrient 10%
• cell 9%
• oil 9%
• carbon 8%
• mineral 8%
• need 8%
• laboratory 8%
• trend 7%
• experiment 6%
• water 4%
• analysis 4%

Engineering & Materials Science

• Bioremediation 100%
• Crude oil 53%
• Soils 48%
• Bacteria 29%
• Carbon dioxide 16%
• Cell growth 12%
• Biological materials 11%
• Nutrients 11%
• Controllability 9%
• Minerals 8%
• Piles 8%
• Hydrocarbons 7%
• Carbon 6%
• Oils 5%
• Water 4%
• Experiments 3%

Chemical Compounds

• Art 74%
• Petroleum 55%
• Black 54%
• Soil 52%
• Carbon Dioxide 13%
• Material Balance 12%
• Nutrient 9%
• Biomaterial 7%
• Mineral 7%
• Hydrocarbon 6%
• Carbon Atom 4%
• Reduction 3%