Figure 2

Utilization of various hydrocarbons (Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons and Poly Aromatic Hydrocarbons) by laboratory enrichments from various sites of oil pollution. LH, RP, MA and TV represents enrichments inoculated from oil contaminated sites at Light house, Royapuram, Marina and Thiruvanmiyur in the Chennai coast. Enriched samples from Royapuram and Light house showed maximum degradation in TPH and PAH.