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Biofilm-Mediated Enhanced Crude Oil Degradation by Newly Isolated Pseudomonas Species

Table 1

Growth characteristics of isolated organisms by utilization of various oil/hydrocarbon as sole carbon source.


Oil/hydrocarbon	Colony forming unit/mL
	Strain
	KPW.1-S1	HRW.1-S3	DSW.1-S4

Crude oil	() × 10⁸	() × 10⁸	() × 10⁹
Diesel	() × 10⁸	() × 10⁸	() × 10⁸
Kerosene	() × 10⁷	() × 10⁷	() × 10⁸
Hexadecane	() × 10⁹	() × 10⁸	() × 10⁸
Engine oil	() × 10⁸	() × 10⁸	() × 10⁸