Biodegradation of long chain alkanes in halophilic conditions by sp. strain Est-02 isolated from saline soil.

In this study, through a multistep enrichment and isolation procedure, a halophilic bacterial strain was isolated from unpolluted saline soil, which was able to effectively and preferentially degrade long chain alkanes (especially tetracosane and octacosane). The strain was identified by 16S rRNA gene sequence as an sp. The growth of strain Est-02 was optimized at the presence of tetracosane in different NaCl concentrations, temperatures, and pH.