@article{fdi:010077608, title = {{T}he diversity of cultivable hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria isolated from crude oil contaminated soil and sludge from arzew refinery in {A}lgeria}, author = {{S}ekour, {S}. and {B}ekki, {A}. and {B}ouchita, {Z}. and {V}ogel, {T}.{M}. and {N}avarro, {E}lisabeth}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{T}he use of autochtonious bacterial strains is a valuable bioremediation strategy for cleaning the environment from hydrocarbon pollutants. {T}he isolation, selection and identification of hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria is therefore crucial for obtaining the most promising strains for decontaminate a specific site. {I}n this study, two different media, a minimal medium supplemented with petroleum and with oil refinery sludge as sole carbon source, were used for the isolation of native hydrocarbon-degrading bacterial strains from crude oil contaminated soils and oil refinery sludges which allowed isolation of fifty-eight strains.{T}he evalution of diversity of twenty-two bacterials isolates reveled a dominance of the phylum {P}roteobacteria (20/22 strains), with a unique class of {A}lphaproteobacteria, the two remaining strains belong to the phylum {A}ctinobacteria. {P}artial 16{S} r{RNA} gene sequencing performed on isolates showed high level of identity with known sequences. {S}trains were affiliated to {S}inorhizobium, {P}romicromonospora, {N}ovosphingobium, {G}eorgenia, {A}ncylobacter, {R}oseomonas, {H}ansschlegelia and {T}istrella genera. {R}esearch for the genes that encoding for degradation enzymes in isolated genera genome data deposited in {G}enbank reveled the presence of degradation gene in three species {S}inorhizobium meliloti, {N}ovosphingobium panipatenseand {T}istrella mobilis.}, keywords = {{ALGERIE}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{J}ournal of {M}icrobiology, {B}iotechnology and {F}ood {S}ciences : {JMBFS}}, volume = {9}, numero = {1}, pages = {70--77}, ISSN = {1338-5178}, year = {2019}, DOI = {10.15414/jmbfs.2019.9.1.70-77}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010077608}, }