Naphthalene Biodegradation by Novel Soil Isolate of Vehicle Service Station Sites Abstract:-New bacterial strains were isolated, identified and screened for their naphthalene degradation ability from the soil contaminated with oil (lubricating oil, petrol and diesel etc.) of 3 different vehicle service station sites of Chandigarh, India. Enriched media (0.5% peptone and 0.1% w/v naphthalene in basal salt mineral medium) was used to isolate the naphthalene degrading […]
