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The ability of biodegradation for crude oil was examined for ten strains of marine bacteria. With regard to their degradation ability forn-alkanes the microorganisms tested could be divided into four groups, although the same result was not observed for microbial degradation of aromatic hydrocarbons obtained by the UV measurements.
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Nagata, S., Kondo, G. & Asano, T. Experimental degradation of crude oil by marine bacteria. Journal of the Oceanographical Society of Japan 34, 105–107 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02109260
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