Research Article
Isolation and Characterization of Diesel-Degrading Bacteria from Hydrocarbon-Contaminated Sites, Flower Farms, and Soda Lakes
Table 1
Morphological and physiological characteristics of diesel-degrading bacteria isolated from different sampling sites.
| | Isolates code | BioLog ID | Site | Gram’s | Shape | Catalase | Urase | Casein | Starch |
| | AAUG8 | Providencia rettgeri | Flower | − | Bacilli | + | + | − | − | | AAUG9 | Pseudomonas aeruginosa | Flower | − | Bacilli | + | − | + | − | | AAUG10 | Roseomonas cervicalis | Flower | − | Coccobacilli | − | + | + | − | | AAUG11 | P. aeruginosa | Flower | − | Bacilli | + | − | + | - | | AAUA12 | Bacillus cereus | Garages | + | Bacilli | + | + | + | + | | AAUA13 | B. cereus | Garages | + | Bacilli | + | + | + | + | | AAUA14 | Stenotrophomonas maltophila | Garages | − | Bacilli | + | + | − | − | | AAUA15 | S. maltophila | Garages | − | Bacilli | + | + | − | − | | AAUAs16 | Achromobacter xylosoxidans | Asphalt | − | Bacilli | + | − | − | − | | AAUAs17 | P. rettgeri | Asphalt | − | Bacilli | + | − | − | − | | AAUC18 | Pseudomonas viridilivida | Soda lake | − | Bacilli | + | + | + | - | | AAUC19 | P. aeruginosa | Soda lake | − | Bacilli | + | − | + | − | | AAUC20 | S. maltophila | Soda lake | − | Bacilli | + | − | − | − | | AAUC21 | P. aeruginosa | Soda lake | − | Bacilli | + | − | + | − | | AAUW22 | P. aeruginosa | Bitumen | − | Bacilli | + | − | + | − | | AAUW23 | P. aeruginosa | Bitumen | − | Bacilli | + | − | + | − | | AAUW24 | P. aeruginosa | Bitumen | − | Bacilli | + | − | + | − | | AAUW25 | P. aeruginosa | Bitumen | − | Bacilli | + | − | + | − | | AAUG36 | Bacillus subtilis | Flower | + | Bacilli | + | − | + | + |
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