Alcanivorax dieselolei

Alcanivorax dieselolei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Oceanospirillales
Family: Alcanivoracaceae
Genus: Alcanivorax
Species: A. dieselolei
Binomial name
Alcanivorax dieselolei
Liu and Shao 2005

Alcanivorax dieselolei is a species of alkane-degrading bacteria. Its genome has been sequenced.[1] It is halophilic, aerobic, Gram-negative, nonspore-forming, catalase- and oxidase-positive, motile and rod-shaped. Its type strain is B-5T (=DSM 16502T =CGMCC 1.3690T).[2]

References

  1. Lai, Q.; Li, W.; Shao, Z. (2012). "Complete Genome Sequence of Alcanivorax dieselolei Type Strain B5". Journal of Bacteriology. 194 (23): 6674–6674. doi:10.1128/JB.01813-12. ISSN 0021-9193.
  2. Liu, C. (2005). "Alcanivorax dieselolei sp. nov., a novel alkane-degrading bacterium isolated from sea water and deep-sea sediment". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 55 (3): 1181–1186. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.63443-0. ISSN 1466-5026.

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