Table 12.3 Some examples of extremophilic microorganisms having potential in bioremediation
Contaminants
Extremophiles
Petroleum products (aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbon
compounds)
Alcanivorax sp.
Bacillus safensis
Halobacterium sp.
Haloferax mediterranei
Halococcus sp.
Haloarcula sp.
Halorubrum sp.
Methanosaeta sp.
Methanosarcina sp.
Nocardioides sp.
Natrialba sp.
Nitrosopumilus maritimus
Paracoccus sp.
Pseudomonas stutzeri
Psychromonas ingrahamii
Streptomyces albaxialis
Sulfolobus solfataricus
Heavy metals (e.g. As, Pb, Hg, Cd, Cr, Co)
Sulfolobus acidocaldarius
st. BC
Sulfolobus solfataricus
Aeropyrum pernix st. K1
Pyrobaculum calidifontis
Halococcus salifodinae
BK 3
Haloferax sp.
Halobacterium noricense
Halobacterium sp. NRC-1
Halobacterium salinarum
CCM2090
Pesticides (atrazine, carbaryl, carbofuran, coumaphos, diazinon,
glycophosphate, parathion)
Flavobacterium sp.
Methanosarcina sp.
Methanococcus mazei
Methanobacterium
congolense
Methanothrix soehngenii
Sulfolobus solfataricus
Waste water (organic compounds, dyes, organic solvents)
Methanobrevibacter
smithii
Haloferax mediterranei
Nesterenkonia
lacusekhoensis
Radionuclides (radiations)
Desulfuromusa
ferrireducens
Rhodanobacter sp.
Pyrobaculum sp.
Haloferax sp.
Sulfolobus solfataricus
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