Table 2.

DBT degradation by different bacterial strains

DBT degrad. (%)	Time 1 (h)	Strains	Reference
43	24	Sphingomonas sp.	Gai, et al. [23]
82	48	Stenotrophomonas sp. NISOC-04	Papizadeh et al. [6]
50	120	Microbacterium strain ZD-M2	Li et al. [24]
58	80	Alcaligenes denitrificans (subsp)	Van Afferden et al. [16]
100	75	Rhodococcus erythropolis SHT87	Davoodi-Dehaghani et al. [25]
60	120	Shewanella putrefaciens NCIMB 8768	Ansari et al. [26]
83	120	Rhodococcus erythropolis IGTS8	Ansari et al. [26]
75	36	Rhodosporidium toruloides DBVPG 66622	Baldi, et al. [27]
99.9	24	Bacillus sp. RR-3	This study

¹Time of culturing/incubation in which the corresponding % of DBT degradation on the left column was obtained.

²An yeast species.