First evidence of aerobic biodegradation of BTEX compounds by pure cultures of Marinobacter Berlendis, S. /Cayol, Jean-Luc /Verhe, Frédéric /Laveau, Sophie Tholozan, Jean-Luc /Ollivier, Bernard /Auria, Richard Halophilic bacterium Toluene biodegradation Aerobic Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus Marinobacter vinifirmus Marinobacter vinifirmus was shown to degrade toluene as sole carbon and energy source under aerobiosis and at NaCl concentrations in the range 30-150 g/L. Maximum toluene consumption rate, total CO2, and biomass productions were measured in the presence of 60 g/L of NaCl. Under these conditions, 90% of the carbon from toluene was recovered as CO2 and biomass. Maximum specific toluene consumption rate was about 0.12 mgC toluene mgC biomass(-1) h(-1) at NaCl concentrations between 30 and 60 g/L. It decreased to 0.03 mgC toluene mgC biomass(-1) h(-1) at 150 g/L. Besides toluene, M. vinifirmus degraded benzene, ethylbenzene, and p-xylene. Benzene and toluene were utilized to a lesser extent by another Marinobacter sp., Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus. 2010 text https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010049351 fdi:010049351 Berlendis S., Cayol Jean-Luc, Verhe Frédéric, Laveau Sophie, Tholozan Jean-Luc, Ollivier Bernard, Auria Richard. First evidence of aerobic biodegradation of BTEX compounds by pure cultures of Marinobacter. 2010, 160 (7), 1992-1999 EN