Hydrocarbon Structure Degrader References Octane C8H18 Rhodococcus sp. Arthrobacter sp. Bacillus sp. Plotnikova et al. [139,140] Decane C10H22 Bacillus sp strain DHT Kumar et al. [31] Tetradecane C14H30 EH4 (Haloarcula vallismortis) Bertrand et al. [227] Pentadecane C15H32 Actinopolyspora sp. Al-Mueini et al. [107] Marinobacter aquaeolei Huu et al. [27] Hexadecane C16H34 Enrichment, Great Salt Lake, Utah Ward and Brock [228] EH4 (Haloarcula vallismortis) Bertrand et al. [227] Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus Gauthier et al. [229] Marinobacter aquaeolei Huu et al. [27] Bacillus sp strain DHT Kumar et al. [31] Strain DS1 Sass et al. [108] Halomonas sp C2SS100 Pseudomonas sp. C450R Mnif et al. [26] Octadecane C18H38 Microbial mats Abed et al. [230] Haloferax sp. Halobacterium sp. Al-Mailem et al. [111] Halococcus sp. Heptadecane C17H36 Haloarcula sp. Haloferax sp. Tapilatu et al. [110] Pristane C19H40 EH4 (Haloarcula vallismortis) Bertrand et al. [227] Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus Gauthier et al. [229] Marinobacter aquaeolei Huu et al. [27] Microbial mats, Arabian Gulf coast, Saudi Arabia Abed et al. [230] Alcanivorax sp. Qtet3 Dastgheib et al. [109] Eicosane C20H42 EH4 (Haloarcula vallismortis) Bertrand et al. [227] Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus Fernandez-Linares et al. [231] Actinopolyspora sp. DPD1 Al-Mueini et al. [107] Haloarcula sp. Haloferax sp. Tapilatu et al. [110] Phytane C20H42 Alcanivorax sp. strain Qtet3 Dastgheib et al. [109] Heneicosane C21H44 EH4 (Haloarcula vallismortis) Bertrand et al. [227] Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus Gauthier et al. [229] Tetracosane C24H50 Alcanivorax sp. strain Qtet3 Dastgheib et al. [109] Pentacosane C25H52 Actinopolyspora sp. DPD1 Al-Mueini et al. [107] n-Alkane C10–C30 Halobacterium sp Kulichevskaya et al. [232] C10–C34 Haloferax sp. Halobacterium sp. Halococcus sp. Al-Mailem et al. [111] C10–C34 Alcanivorax sp. strain Qtet3 Dastgheib et al. [109] C9–C40 Marinobacter sedimentalis Al-Mailem et al. [36]     Marinobacter falvimaris

Table 2: Microorganisms having degradation potential for aliphatic hydrocarbons.