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After incubation, clearing zones can be seen around colonies that degrade naphthalene (A) and phenanthrene (B). Enumeration of phenanthrene-degrading species was carried out by dilution of a soil sample contaminated with JP-4 jet fuel. Colonies with clearing zones (arrow) are phenanthrene-degrading species (C).
