In Situ Bioremediation of Crude Petroleum Oil Polluted Soil Using Mathematical Experimentation

Table 4

Maximum recorded growth rates for some organisms measured near their respective optimal temperature in complex media [16].

Organism	Temperature, °C	Doubling Time, (h)
Vibrio natriegens	37	0.16
Bacillus stearothermophilus	60	0.43
Escherichia coli	40	0.38
Bacillus subtilis	40	0.43
Pseudomonas putida	30	0.75
Vibrio marinus	15	1.35
Rhodobacter sphaeroides	30	2.2