Recently, Yanto and Tachibana [39] reported petroleum hydrocarbon
biodegradation by Pestalotiopsis sp. NG007 in the range of
48–96% over 30 days. Chhatre et al. [1] reported a 70% degradation
of the major peaks resolved in GC of Bombay high crude oil by a
defined consortium constructed with four oil degrading bacterial
strains for their capability to degrade saturates and aromatics.