“…The selected strain Bacillus cereus LY-1 was isolated from Indonesian oil sands. It was incubated in Luria-Bertani (LB) medium at 40 °C for 24 h. 38,39 The minimum salt medium (MSM) contains: KH 2 PO 4 ; 2.7 g L −1 , K 2 HPO 4 ; 13.9 g L −1 , diesel; 2 g L −1 , NaCl; 1 g L −1 , yeast extract; 0.5 g L −1 , NaNO 3 ; 1 g L −1 . This was autoclaved and aer cooling 10 mL L −1 of each of the following solutions were added: MgSO 4 , 2.5% (w/v); (NH 4 ) 2 SO 4 , 10% (w/v); and a trace element solution.…”