Table 2.
An overview of oil degrading bacteria isolated from different marine ecosystems and their hydrocarbon specificity.
| Oil-Degrading Bacteria. | Hydrocarbon Specificity | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Alcaligenes aquatilis BU33N | Crude oil and phenanthrene | [100] |
| Alcanivorax sp. IO_7 | Alkane | [101] |
| Alcanivorax sp. 24 | Alkanes | [102] |
| Cupriavidus metallidurans CH34 | Toluene | [103] |
| Cycloclasticus sp. strain BG-2 | Phenanthrene | [104] |
| Cycloclasticus sp. 78-ME | Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons | [105] |
| Cycloclasticus sp. strain P1 | Naphthalene, phenanthrene, pyrene | [106] |
| Halomonas sp. strain MCTG39a | Hexadecane | [107] |
| Halomonas pacifica strain Cnaph3 | Naphthalene | [108] |
| Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus SdK644 | Crude oil | [109] |
| Oleispira antarctica RB-8 | Aliphatic alkanes | [110] |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa N6P6 | Phenanthrene and pyrene | [111] |
| Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes NP103 | Phenanthrene and pyrene | [112] |
| Pseudomonas sp. sp48 | Phenol, naphtalene, pentadecane | [113] |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa GOM1 | Hexadecane | [114] |
| Ralstonia pickettii | Crude oil | [115] |