| Soil Microcosm |
| Representative Isolates |
Benzene |
Ethyl-benzene |
Xylene |
| Pseudomonas resinovorans |
X |
X |
X |
| Pseudomonas geniculata 1 |
|
X |
X |
| Pseudomonas sp |
|
|
X |
| Pseudomonas mosselii |
|
X |
X |
| Pseudomonas geniculata 2 |
X |
|
|
| Comamonastestosteroni |
|
|
X |
| Delftiasp |
X |
|
|
| Bacillus thuringiensis |
|
X |
|
| Acinetobactercalcoaceticus 1 |
X |
|
|
| Acinetobactersp |
X |
|
|
| Acinetobactercalcoaceticus 2 |
X |
|
|
| Alpha Diversity |
6 |
4 |
5 |
| Beta Diversity |
B versus E: 8 |
E versus X: 3 |
B versus X: 8 |
| Gamma Diversity |
11 |
|
|
|
| X: presence of isolate; Alpha Diversity: total number of species i.e. species richness; Beta Diversity: comparison of diversity between microcosms i.e. amount of isolate change; Gamma Diversity: overall diversity in soil microcosms; B: Benzene; E: Ethyl-benzene; X: Xylene |
| Table 4: Alpha, beta and gamma diversity values for bacterial isolates from the three soil microcosms enriched with hydrocarbons. |
