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Table 2 Degradation of crude oil in cultures of one or both of Alcaligenes sp. CT10 and Pseudomonas sp. ZS1

From: Petroleum degradation by Pseudomonas sp. ZS1 is impeded in the presence of antagonist Alcaligenes sp. CT10

LAH (C#)a

RT (min)b

Ctl (level)c

CT10 (level)d

CT10/ZS1 (level)e

ZS1 (level)f

CT10 (%deg)g

CT10/ZS1 (%deg)h

ZS1 (%deg)i

9

7.68

8570

0

0

0

100.00

100.00

100.00

10

10.34

9518

1810

393

0

80.98

95.87

100.00

11

13.09

11,662

4742

3503

0

59.34

69.96

100.00

12

15.76

14,531

9192

9351

0

36.74

35.65

100.00

13

18.29

20,599

17,001

18,330

453

17.47

11.02

97.80

14

20.68

23,975

22,193

22,858

598

7.43

4.66

97.51

15

22.94

26,059

25,468

22,826

664

2.27

12.41

97.45

16

25.07

21,935

21,923

19,366

777

0.05

11.71

96.46

17

27.09

21,009

20,503

17,364

309

2.41

17.35

98.53

18

29.02

16,658

16,654

14,154

0

0.02

15.03

100.00

19

30.85

16,659

16,722

15,411

300

− 0.38

7.49

98.20

20

32.59

16,032

15,933

13,415

592

0.62

16.32

96.31

21

34.26

16,938

17,050

13,738

547

− 0.66

18.89

96.77

22

35.85

16,626

16,535

13,159

378

0.55

20.85

97.73

23

37.38

17,060

17,005

13,042

624

0.32

23.55

96.34

24

38.85

15,283

15,178

11,839

428

0.69

22.53

97.20

25

40.27

15,747

15,757

12,688

658

− 0.06

19.43

95.82

26

41.63

14,552

14,426

11,597

447

0.87

20.31

96.93

27

42.94

13,404

13,273

12,236

532

0.98

8.71

96.03

28

44.23

20,840

11,537

10,560

694

44.64

49.33

96.67

29

45.58

10,534

10,344

10,563

723

1.80

− 0.28

93.14

30

47.08

7432

7411

7377

0

0.28

0.74

100.00

31

48.77

6251

6117

6643

0

2.14

− 6.27

100.00

Total LAH.

 

361,874

316,774

280,413

8724

12.5

22.5

97.6

Total oil

 

481,954

428,608

374,615

13,911

11.1

22.3

97.1

  1. aLAH (C#) for linear aliphatic hydrocarbons with carbon numbers
  2. bRT for retention time in minute
  3. cctl (level) for levels in control
  4. dCT10 (level) for levels in Alcaligenes sp. culture
  5. eCT10/ZS1 (level) for levels in mixed Alcaligenes sp. and Pseudomonas sp. cultures, respectively
  6. fZS1 (level) for levels in Pseudomonas sp. culture
  7. gCT10 (%deg) for oil degradation rate in Alcaligenes sp. culture
  8. hCT10/ZS1 (%deg) for oil degradation rate in mixed Alcaligenes sp. and Pseudomonas sp. culture
  9. iZS1 (%deg) for oil degradation rate in Pseudomonas sp. culture