Table 3. Pure cultured isolates recovered on artificial media from soil or the SSMS enrichments.
| Isolate number | No. of RFLPS | Soil SSMS | TPH Conc. Range | Closest cultured representative | % Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | 1 | Soil | High | Achromobacter xylosoxidans | 98 |
| 20A | (4) | Soil | High | Achromobacter xylosoxidans | 99 |
| 20B | (4) | Soil | High | Achromobacter xylosoxidans | 96 |
| 54 | 1 | SSMS | Control | Acidovorax radicis strain | 98 |
| 60 | 3 | Artificial | Control | Acidovorax wohlfahrtii | 99 |
| 61 | 1 | Artificial | Med | Adhaeribacter terreus | 91 |
| 36 | 2 | Artificial | Med | Arthrobacter psychrochitiniphilus | 96 |
| 3A | (3) | SSMS | Low | Arthrobacter stackebrandtii | 96 |
| 3B | (3) | SSMS | High | Arthrobacter psychrolactophilus | 99 |
| 3C | (3) | Artificial | Control | Arthrobacter psychrolactophilus | 99 |
| 1A | (79) | SSMS | High | Arthrobacter psychrolactophilus | 99 |
| 1B | (79) | SSMS | Low | Arthrobacter stackebrandtii | 97 |
| 31 | 2 | SSMS | Low | Arthrobacter stackebrandtii | 99 |
| 33 | 1 | SSMS | Low | Arthrobacter stackebrandtii | 98 |
| 52 | 1 | SSMS | Low | Arthrobacter sulfureus | 94 |
| 55 | 1 | SSMS | Control | Bosea massiliensis | 98 |
| 25 | 1 | SSMS | Low | Brevundimonas bullata | 99 |
| 26 | 1 | Artificial | Low | Brevundimonas staleyi | 98 |
| 27 | 1 | SSMS | Control | Burkholderia fungorum | 99 |
| 15 | 1 | SSMS | High | Burkholderia fungorum | 99 |
| 24 | 1 | SSMS | Med | Burkholderia fungorum strain | 98 |
| 21 | 1 | SSMS | High | Cellulomonas cellasea | 99 |
| 11 | 1 | Artificial | Med | Crocinobacterium jejui | 99 |
| 41 | 1 | SSMS | Low | Herminiimonas arsenicoxydans | 96 |
| 7 | 1 | SSMS | Med | Hymenobacter ocellatus | 96 |
| 45 | 1 | Artificial | Low | Kaistia adipata | 99 |
| 16B | 3 | SSMS | High | Knoellia sinensis | 99 |
| 53 | 1 | SSMS | Low | Microbacterium lacus | 99 |
| 16A | (3) | SSMS | Low | Microbacterium lacus | 100 |
| 38 | 1 | SSMS | Low | Paenibacillus tundra | 100 |
| 56 | 1 | SSMS | Med | Paenibacillus wynnii | 99 |
| 13A | (15) | SSMS | High | Pseudomonas brenneri | 99 |
| 13B | (15) | Artificial | High | Pseudomonas putida | 99 |
| 13C | (15) | Artificial | High | Pseudomonas putida | 99 |
| 13E | (15) | SSMS | High | Pseudomonas migulae | 99 |
| 10 | 7 | Artificial | Low | Pseudomonas frederiksbergensis | 99 |
| 46 | 2 | Artificial | Low | Pseudomonas frederiksbergensis | 99 |
| 4A | (21) | Artificial | Control | Pseudomonas thivervalensis | 98 |
| 4B | (21) | Artificial | Low | Pseudomonas frederiksbergensis | 99 |
| 4C | (21) | SSMS | High | Pseudomonas mandelii | 100 |
| 12 | 8 | SSMS | High | Pseudomonas migulae | 98 |
| 19 | 1 | Artificial | High | Pseudomonas thivervalensis | 98 |
| 30 | 1 | SSMS | Low | Pseudomonas veronii | 99 |
| 44 | 1 | Artificial | Med | Pseudoxanthomonas yeongjuensis | 99 |
| 22 | 1 | SSMS | High | Rahnella aquatilis | 98 |
| 14 | 2 | SSMS | Low | Rhodanobacter fulvus | 99 |
| 67 | 1 | SSMS | High | Rhodanobacter ginsengisoli | 98 |
| 68 | 2 | SSMS | High | Rhodanobacter spathiphylli | 98 |
| 9 | 1 | Artificial | Med | Rhodococcus baikonurensis | 100 |
| 18A | 2 | Artificial | Med | Rhodococcus baikonurensis | 99 |
| 18B | (2) | Artificial | Med | Rhodococcus baikonurensis | 100 |
| 58 | 1 | SSMS | Med | Rhodococcus erythropolis | 99 |
| 43 | 3 | Artificial | Med | Rhodococcus erythropolis | 99 |
| 2 | (39) | Artificial | Med | Rhodococcus globerulus | 99 |
| 40 | 1 | SSMS | Low | Sphingomonas echinoides | 99 |
| 37A | (3) | SSMS | Low | Sphingomonas aquatilis | 99 |
| 37B | (3) | SSMS | Low | Sphingomonas echinoides | 99 |
| 17B | (34) | SSMS | Low | Sphingomonas echinoides | 100 |
| 17C | (34) | Artificial | High | Sphingomonas faeni | 100 |
| 17D | (34) | Artificial | High | Sphingomonas faeni | 99 |
| 17G | (34) | SSMS | High | Sphingomonas faeni | 100 |
| 57 | 1 | SSMS | High | Sphingomonas faeni | 95 |
| 17F | (34) | SSMS | Low | Sphingomonas rhizogenes | 99 |
| 6 | 3 | Artificial | Low | Sphingomonas oligophenolica | 99 |
| 49 | 1 | SSMS | Low | Sphingomonas oligophenolica | 99 |
| 17H | (34) | SSMS | Low | Sphingomonas oligophenolica | 99 |
| 8 | 1 | SSMS | High | Sphingomonas oligophenolica | 99 |
| 5B | 2 | Artificial | High | Sphingomonas oligophenolica | 100 |
| 62 | 8 | SSMS | Control | Sphingomonas sanxanigenens | 99 |
| 69 | 4 | SSMS | Low | Sphingomonas sanxanigenens | 99 |
| 28 | 1 | SSMS | Low | Sphingomonas sanxanigenens | 96 |
| 5A | 3 | SSMS | Low | Sphingomonas sanxanigenens | 99 |
| 59 | 1 | SSMS | Control | Sphingopyxis flavimaris | 100 |
| 29 | 1 | SSMS | Control | Sporosarcina globispora | 99 |
| 48 | 1 | Artificial | Low | Sporosarcina globispora | 99 |
| 51 | 1 | SSMS | Control | Sporosarcina psychrophila | 99 |
| 23 | 1 | SSMS | High | Yersinia enterocolitica | 96 |
Where multiple identical RFLPs were recovered, 2–7 isolates were sequenced. The RFLP numbers presented in brackets indicate the total number of identical RFLPs recovered, irrespective of total number of isolates sequenced.