eng Oriental Scientific Publishing Company Biosciences Biotechnology Research Asia 0973-1245 2016-04-15 6 1 169 174 8079 article Sonali Sahoo, 1 Dipa Biswas 1 Sriparna Datta 1 Rakhi Banik Choudhury 1 Department of Chemical Technology, University of Calcutta, 92, A.P.C Road, Kolkata - 700 009 (India). Strain CTA3 was isolated from oil contaminated soil and tested with various petroleum fractions /intermediates viz. gasoline, kerosene, diesel, vacuum gas oil (VGO), lubricating oil base stock (LOBS) as well as some pure hydrocarbons. Based on DNA sequence CTA3 was identified as Acinetobacter junii. The isolated strain CTA3 has been found to be very effective for biodegradation of petroleum fractions at 37o in liquid Bushnell-Haas (BH) media at pH 7. The study reveals that the strain has good potential for degrading higher n-paraffins, above C10. https://www.biotech-asia.org/vol6no1/studies-on-degradation-of-diesel-and-other-petroleum-fractions-by-acinetobacter-junii-cta3/ Acinetobacter junii; biotreatment; Bushnell-Haas media; diesel oil