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. 2017 Feb 22;8:279. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00279

Table 2.

Comparison of the PAHs detected in crude oil sample treated with strain PG1 for 5 weeks and the untreated abiotic control crude oil sample.

Name of PAHs Abiotic control crude oil Crude oil treated for 5 week by strain PG1 Degradation percentage (%)
Naphthalene Present (7.46) Present (1.89) 74.67
Fluorene Present (1.84) Present (0.49) 73.37
Phenanthrene Present (1.78) Present (0.52) 70.79
Anthracene Present (1.96) Present (0.62) 68.37
3- 3-beta-Myristoylolean-12-en-28-ol Present (0.37) Absent 100
1H-Indene Present (0.28) Absent 100

Values in parenthesis denotes the total area % of respective hydrocarbons.