Patent ID: 7915027

Claim:
A process of bioremediation of petroleum pollutants from a soil environment comprising the steps of: providing a supply of a contaminated soil having a petroleum pollutant; introducing into said supply of contaminated soil at least one biologically pure bacterial strain selected from the group consisting of ATCC accession numbers Flexibacter cf. sancti srs, PTA-5570; Pseudomonas fredriksbergensis srs; PTA-5571; Staphylococcus warneri LMG 19417 srs, PTA-5572; Sphingomonas srs, PTA-5573; Sphingomonas sp. s37 srs, PTA-5574; Phylobacterium srs, PTA-5575; Serratia ficaria srs, PTA-5576; Agrobacterium tumefaciens srs, PTA-5577; Rhizobium sp. sdw045 srs, PTA-5578; Ralstonia pickettii srs, PTA-5579; Alcaligenes piechaudii srs, PTA-5580; and Pseudomonas putida biotype b srs, PTA-5581, and providing adequate nutrients into said supply of contaminated soil for a treatment time sufficient for the at least one biologically pure bacterial strain to metabolize and degrade the petroleum pollutant.