Diversity of 4-Chloro-2-nitrophenol-Degrading Bacteria in a Waste Water Sample

Table 1

Showing degradation of various concentrations of 4-chloro-2-nitrophenol by the eighteen bacteria.

Serial number	Strain	Proposed bacterial name based on the 16S rRNA gene sequencing	Isolation source	The 4C2NP concentration where strain can be completely transformed
1	Strain PC-1	Bacillus cereus	Contaminated soil	1.0 mM
2	Strain PC-2	Bacillus toyonensis	Contaminated soil	0.9 mM
3	Strain PC-3	Bacillus thuringiensis	Contaminated soil	1.0 mM
4	Strain PC-4	Bacillus firmus	Contaminated soil	0.8 mM
5	Strain PC-5	Bacillus koreensis	Contaminated soil	0.6 mM
6	Strain PC-6	Bacillus megaterium	Contaminated soil	1.5 mM
7	Strain PC-7	Bacillus aryabhattai	Contaminated soil	2.0 mM
8	Strain PC-8	Bacillus aerophilus	Contaminated soil	0.6 mM
9	Strain PC-9	Bacillus siamensis	Contaminated soil	0.8 mM
10	Strain PC-10	Bacillus amyloliquefaciens	Contaminated soil	0.9 mM
11	Strain PC-11	Paenibacillus massiliensis	Contaminated soil	0.7 mM
12	Strain PC-12	Paenibacillus kribensis	Contaminated soil	0.6 mM
13	Strain PC-13	Paenibacillus kribensis	Contaminated soil	0.5 mM
14	Strain PC-14	Paenibacillus terrae	Contaminated soil	0.5 mM
15	Strain PC-15	Leuconostoc citreum	Contaminated soil	0.5 mM
16	Strain PC-16	Pseudomonas lini	Contaminated soil	0.8 mM
17	Strain PC-17	Pseudomonas palleroniana	Contaminated soil	0.9 mM
18	Strain PC-18	Pseudomonas extremorientalis	Contaminated soil	0.6 mM