Table 2.
Screening of specific desulfurizing microbes with developed spectrophotometric method
Microbial isolates | Conc. of residual DBT (mM) | DBT desulfurization (%) | Conc. of 2-HBP (mM) | 2-HBP production (%) |
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PAS-1 | 0.457 ± 0.015 | 54.26 ± 1.489 | – | – |
MS-5 | 0.518 ± 0.003 | 48.21 ± 0.319 | 0.230 ± 0.161 | 23.033 ± 1.607 |
MFS-3 | 0.658 ± 0.008 | 34.19 ± 0.840 | – | – |
BR-31 | 0.541 ± 0.004 | 45.91 ± 0.411 | 0.177 ± 0.005 | 17.667 ± 0.472 |
GR-5 | 0.522 ± 0.014 | 47.78 ± 1.410 | – | – |