Genus Strain PAH Concentration (mg/L) Degradation (%) Incubation period (day) Media Ref Burkholderia isolate no. 1 Pyra 100 87.0±1.9 8 MMc This study Flab 100 99.6±7.1 24 MM This study VUN 10001 Pyr 100 100 7 BSMd [30] Fla 100 9.9±5.5 21 BSM [30] Mycobacterium isolate no. 13 Pyr 100 77.7±1.8 8 MM This study Fla 100 70.9±6.2 24 MM This study 1B Pyr 250 100 6 BSMYd [34] Fla 100 100 20 BSMY [34] aPyrene; bFluoranthene; cMinimum medium; dBasal salts medium; eBasal salts medium with yeast extract.

Table 3: Comparison of PAH degradation ability with other strains in the same genus.