TREATMENT OF HYDROCARBON COMPONENT

摘要

A biological process for treating a hydrocarbon component includes inoculating a hydrocarbon component with a bacterial component comprising at least one bacterial strain selected from the group consisting of the following bacterial strains deposited with the Microbial Culture Collection (MCC), Maharashtra, India on 21 October 2013 (KC620476), 4 August 2014 (KC620473), 20 October 2014 (KC620474, KC620478, KC620475) and 25 February 2015 (KC620477). The inoculated hydrocarbon component is incubated, thereby to allow the hydrocarbon component to biodegrade. The bacterial strain facilitates the biodegradation of the hydrocarbon component.