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Volume 2 (2006), Issue 2 (February)

1. Biodegradation of petroleum hydrocarbons in seawater at low temperatures (0-5 degrees C) and bacterial communities associated with degradation.
   Biodegradation, 17(1): 71-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Treatment of groundwater contaminated with PAHs, gasoline hydrocarbons, and methyl tert-butyl ether in a laboratory biomass-retaining bioreactor.
   Biodegradation, 17(1): 57-69. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. The distribution and composition of hydrocarbons in sediments from the Fladen Ground, North Sea, an area of oil production.
   J Environ Monit, 8(2): 307-16. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Late Quaternary atmospheric CH4 isotope record suggests marine clathrates are stable.
   Science, 311(5762): 838-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Antidiarrhoeal activity of Cyperus rotundus.
   Fitoterapia, 77(2): 134-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Association between health information, use of protective devices and occurrence of acute health problems in the Prestige oil spill clean-up in Asturias and Cantabria (Spain): a cross-sectional study.
   BMC Public Health, 6: 1. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Solar-chemical treatment of groundwater contaminated with petroleum at gas station sites: ex situ remediation using solar/TiO(2) photocatalysis and Solar Photo-Fenton.
   J Environ Sci Health A Tox Hazard Subst Environ Eng, 41(3): 457-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Mass spectrometric and toxicological assays of Athabasca oil sands naphthenic acids.
   Water Res, 40(4): 655-64. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Distribution of aliphatic compounds in bivalve mollusks from Galicia after the Prestige oil spill: spatial and temporal trends.
   Environ Res, 100(3): 339-48. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Reductions in blood lead levels among school children following the introduction of unleaded petrol in South Africa.
    Environ Res, 100(3): 319-22. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Effect of electrical potential on the electro-demulsification of oily sludge.
    J Colloid Interface Sci, 295(2): 535-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Marine microorganisms make a meal of oil.
    Nat Rev Microbiol, 4(3): 173-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Comparison of exposure assessment methods in occupational exposure to benzene in gasoline filling-station attendants.
    Toxicol Lett, 162(2): 146-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. A comparison of the efficiency of different surfactants for removal of crude oil from contaminated soils.
    Chemosphere, 62(9): 1403-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Plant performance, dioxygenase-expressing rhizosphere bacteria, and biodegradation of weathered hydrocarbons in contaminated soil.
    Chemosphere, 62(9): 1411-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Fast supercritical fluid chromatography hydrocarbon group-type separations of diesel fuels using packed and monolithic columns.
    Analyst, 131(3): 422-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Verification of degradation of n-alkanes in diesel oil by Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain WatG in soil microcosms.
    Curr Microbiol, 52(3): 182-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Microbial community analysis of soils contaminated with lead, chromium and petroleum hydrocarbons.
    Microb Ecol, 51(2): 209-19. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. A novel crude oil emulsifier excreted in the culture supernatant of a marine bacterium, Myroides sp. strain SM1.
    Appl Microbiol Biotechnol, 70(2): 254-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Microcosm experiments of oil degradation by microbial mats.
    Sci Total Environ, 357(1): 12-24. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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