| isolation of a novel strain of planomicrobium chinense from diesel contaminated soil of tropical environment. | a novel bacterial strain (b6) degrading high concentration of diesel oil [up to 2.5% (v/v)] was isolated from a site contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons in the state of chhattisgarh, india. the strain demonstrated efficient degradation for diesel oil range alkanes (c14 to c36 i.e., mostly linear chain alkanes). it was identified to be 99% similar to planomicrobium chinense on the basis of partial 16s rrna gene sequencing and biochemical characteristics. the efficiency of degradation was opt ... | 2013 | 23322444 |