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A bacterium was isolated from sludge-contaminated soil in a petroleum refinery and tested for its ability to degrade aliphatic hydrocarbon compounds present in petroleum sludge. The isolate was grown on minimal salt media agar supplemented with 1 % (w/v) petroleum sludge. The isolate was tentatively identified as Methylobacterium sp. strain ZASH ba