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Recovery of Aliphatic Hydrocarbons from Oil Field Sludge using Bacillus sp

Keywords: Oily Sludge,Aliphatic Hydrocarbons, Bioremediation, Bacillus sp., Optical Density

Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering & Technology

Volume 34 ,  Issue 2

RIZWAN  AHMED BHUTTO , ABDUL REHMAN MEMON   , AZIZA AFTAB   ,

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