“…In an early study, it was reported that the biodesulfurization activity of a consortium consisting of the biodesulfurizing Rhodococcus rhodochrous IGTS8 (later identified as R. erythropolis IGTS8) and the non-biodesulfurizing Enterobacter cloacae was higher than that of the biodesulfurizing strain IGTS8 alone [ 22 ]. Recently, a biodesulfurizing mixed culture was enriched from a hydrocarbon–polluted soil and consisted mainly of species belonging to Sphingomonas , Klebsiella , Mycobacterium , Rhodococcus , Stenotrophomonas , Sphingobacterium , Pseudomonas , and Arthrobacter [ 17 ]. A commercial bacterial consortium consisting of Alcaligenes faecalis , Acinetobacter sp., Bacillus sp., Komagataeibacter hansenii , Oceanobacillus iheyensis , Ochrobactrum anthropic , Paenibacillus lautus and Providencia rettgeri was used for the biodesulfurization of heavy gas oil and achieved 71.8 % biodesulfurization rate after 6 h of treatment [ 23 ].…”