The inoculum investigated in this study is able to degrade both high concentrations of SDS [ 151 and
diesel oil (unpublished results) over a broad temperature range (4-3O’C) in an aqueous system, this is of
special importance for in-situ applications when considering environmental temperature fluctuations. The
usefulness of such microorganisms for the low-temperature biological decontamination of waste waters
from garages and car-washs where anionic surfactants are extensively used to clean oil contaminated
vehicles, oil tanks etc. has already been demonstrated [20].