Table 2.
PAH degradation ability of bacterial species which showed naphthalene biodegradation capability in this study
| Species | Isolate | Source of isolation/type of selective enrichment | PAH degradationb | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acidovorax delafieldii | P4-1 | –a | FLU, FLN, PYR, PHE | Samanta et al. 1999 |
| TNA921 | Creosote-contaminated soil/PHE-amended MSM c | PHE | Shuttleworth and Cerniglia 1996 | |
| NA3 | PAH-contaminated soil/PHE-amended MSM | NAP, PHE, CHR, B[a]ANT, B[a]PYR | Singleton et al. 2009 | |
| Rhodococcus jostii | 016 | Chronically hydrocarbon-contaminated soil/- | NAP, and PHE and PYR co-metabolically with glucose | Bourguignon et al. 2014 |
| Pseudomonas veronii | SFI 3 | Lagoon sediment sample/FLN-amended MSM | FLN, PHE; PYR | Ben Said et al. 2007 |
| 20a2 | PAH-contaminated lake sediment sample/NAP-amended MSM |
NAP, ACE, FLU, PHE, ANT, FLN, PYR |
Wald et al. 2015 | |
| Pseudomonas frederiksbergensis | JAJ28 | Tar-polluted soil/PHE-coated minimal agar medium | PHE | Andersen et al. 2000 |
| AS1 | Arsenic-contaminated site/NAP-amended MSM | NAP | Yoon-Suk et al. 2006 | |
| Pseudomonas marginalis | PD-14B | PAH-contaminated soil/PHE-coated agar | ANT, ACY, NAP, CHR | Burd and Ward 1996 |
aNot known
bNAP naphthalene, FLU fluorene, FLN fluoranthene, PYR pyrene, PHE phenanthrene, ANT anthracene, CHR chrysene, B[a]ANT benz[a]anthracene, B[a]PYR benzo[a]pyrene, ACE acenaphthene, ACY acenaphthylene
cMSM mineral salt medium