Table 4.
Percentage degradation achieved by bacterial isolates at the temperature optimisation screening scale.
| Isolate | Percentage degradation (%)/temperature (°C) |
Analyte | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 30 | 35 | 37 | 38 | 40 | 45 | ||
| R. ornithinolytica | 55.20 | 92.00 | 95.00 | 95.00 | 98.50 | 73.20 | 62.90 | Ace |
| 91.20 | 90.00 | 96.50 | 99.00 | 99.60 | 91.60 | 91.60 | Flu | |
| B. megaterium | 64.80 | 88.40 | 73.20 | 62.80 | 62.80 | 61.50 | 60.90 | Ace |
| 92.30 | 95.40 | 94.60 | 92.30 | 92.30 | 71.40 | 93.80 | Flu | |
| P. aeruginosa | 12.02 | 25.00 | 38.56 | 46.89 | 45.23 | 10.00 | 10.00 | Ace |
| 66.00 | 68.00 | 70.00 | 70.90 | 70.90 | 55.00 | 47.00 | Flu | |
| R. planticola | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | Ace |
| ND | ND | ND | 5.01 | 3.02 | 3.02 | ND | Flu | |
| K. oxytoca | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | Ace |
| ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | Flu | |
| E. coli | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | Ace |
| ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | Flu | |
| E. cloacae | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | Ace |
| ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | Flu | |
| E. acetylicum | ND | ND | ND | 11.09 | 18.66 | ND | 55.62 | Ace |
| 45.00 | 69.58 | 69.71 | 72.89 | 72.00 | 71.00 | 71.00 | Flu | |
| Acinetobacter sp. | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | Ace |
| ND | ND | 19.28 | 56.32 | ND | ND | ND | Flu | |
| Exiguobacterium sp. | 52.00 | 12.00 | 54.00 | 55.00 | 66.21 | 55.89 | 64.00 | Ace |
| 66.09 | 68.21 | 60.23 | 60.23 | ND | 63.20 | 70.23 | Flu | |
| Bacillus sp. | 31.20 | 45.09 | 16.30 | ND | ND | ND | ND | Ace |
| 88.90 | 93.20 | 91.02 | 87.74 | 25.32 | 18.00 | 07.00 | Flu | |
| Serratia marcescens | 15.00 | 5.80 | 77.30 | 91.90 | 91.70 | 75.40 | 73.70 | Ace |
| 62.30 | 92.30 | 95.40 | 97.90 | 97.90 | 73.40 | 23.20 | Flu | |
| Aeromonas hydrophila | 75.40 | 99.40 | 99.50 | 99.20 | 89.88 | 62.80 | 55.20 | Ace |
| 74.10 | 95.80 | 99.23 | 99.80 | 74.40 | 64.60 | 57.30 | Flu | |
| Bacillus aryabhattai | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | Ace |
| 88.00 | 99.00 | 91.00 | 88.32 | 84.20 | 63.20 | ND | Flu | |
| Bacillus aquimaris | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | Ace |
| ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | Flu | |
| Bacillus marisflavi | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | Ace |
| 78.00 | 98.00 | 90.00 | 72.00 | 71.00 | 13.20 | 05.78 | Flu | |
| S. saprophyticus | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | Ace |
| ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | Flu | |
| Citrobacter freundii | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | Ace |
| ND | 77.00 | 79.30 | 94.32 | 88.56 | 45.23 | ND | Flu | |
| E. undae | 13.02 | ND | ND | ND | 12.01 | 36.01 | 61.32 | Ace |
| 70.00 | 69.00 | 58.00 | 23.00 | 73.00 | 73.89 | 74.23 | Flu | |
Key: Ace: acenaphthene; Flu: fluorine; ND: no degradation.