Isolation and Characterization of Diesel-Degrading Bacteria from Hydrocarbon-Contaminated Sites, Flower Farms, and Soda Lakes

Table 2

Diversity and community structure of isolates from hydrocarbon-contaminated sites and nonpolluted natural sites (Chitu Soda lake).

Genus of the isolates	Distribution (%)	Species of the isolates	Distribution (%)	Species distribution (%)
				Contaminated Sites	Noncontaminated Sites
Pseudomonas	47	P. aeruginosa	42	31.5	10.5
		P. viridilivida	5	0	5
Bacillus	16	B. cereus	11	11	0
		B. subtilis	5	5	0
Providencia	11	P. rettgeri	11	11	0
Roseomonas	5	R. cervicalis	5	5	0
Stenotrophomonas	16	Stenotrophomonas maltophilia	16	11	5
Achromobacter	5	A. xylosoxidans	5	5	0