“…The abundance of the OTU 3 (Gammaproteobacteria, order Xanthomonadales of the genus Nevskia) also showed a good correlation with the degradation of LMW PAHs. As previously shown [52], Nevskia was found as the main PHE degrader in PPY soil, with about 24% relative abundance among bacteria labelled with 13 C PHE (DNA-SIP). Among these different OTUs, 6 were dominantly found in the PHE degraders of Pv and PPY soils (from the Rhodocyclaceae family (OTUs 43 and 44), Polaromonas (OTU 26), Nevskia (OTU 3), Burkholderiales order (OTUs 5,8,10,12,14,26,28), Collimonas (OTU 14) and Dyella (OTU 20)).…”