''Alcanivorax'' is a genus of

alkane In organic chemistry, an alkane, or paraffin (a historical trivial name that also has other meanings), is an acyclic saturated hydrocarbon. In other words, an alkane consists of hydrogen and carbon atoms arranged in a tree structure in which ...

-degrading

marine bacteria Marine prokaryotes are marine bacteria and marine archaea. They are defined by their habitat as prokaryotes that live in marine environments, that is, in the saltwater of seas or oceans or the brackish water of coastal estuaries. All cellular ...

Species

''Alcanivorax'' comprises the following species: * ''

Alcanivorax balearicus ''Alcanivorax'' is a genus of alkane-degrading marine bacteria. Species ''Alcanivorax'' comprises the following species: * '' Alcanivorax balearicus'' Rivas et al. 2007 * ''Alcanivorax borkumensis'' Yakimov et al. 1998 * '' Alcanivorax dieselole ...

'' Rivas et al. 2007 * ''

Alcanivorax borkumensis ''Alcanivorax borkumensis'' is an alkane-degrading marine bacterium which naturally propagates and becomes predominant in crude-oil-containing seawater when nitrogen and phosphorus nutrients are supplemented. Description ''A. borkumensis'' is a ...

'' Yakimov et al. 1998 * '' Alcanivorax dieselolei'' Liu and Shao 2005 * '' Alcanivorax gelatiniphagus'' Kwon et al. 2015 * '' Alcanivorax hongdengensis'' Wu et al. 2009 * '' Alcanivorax indicus'' Song et al. 2018 * '' Alcanivorax jadensis'' (Bruns and Berthe-Corti 1999) Fernández-Martínez et al. 2003 * "'' Alcanivorax limicola''" Zhu et al. 2021 * ''

Alcanivorax marinus ''Alcanivorax'' is a genus of alkane-degrading marine bacteria. Species ''Alcanivorax'' comprises the following species: * ''Alcanivorax balearicus'' Rivas et al. 2007 * ''Alcanivorax borkumensis'' Yakimov et al. 1998 * ''Alcanivorax dieselolei' ...

'' Lai et al. 2013 * ''

Alcanivorax mobilis ''Alcanivorax mobilis'' is a Gram-negative, hydrocarbon-degrading and motile bacterium from the genus of ''Alcanivorax'' which has been isolated from deep-sea sediments from the Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the worl ...

'' Yang et al. 2018 * ''

Alcanivorax nanhaiticus ''Alcanivorax'' is a genus of alkane-degrading marine bacteria. Species ''Alcanivorax'' comprises the following species: * '' Alcanivorax balearicus'' Rivas et al. 2007 * ''Alcanivorax borkumensis'' Yakimov et al. 1998 * '' Alcanivorax dieselole ...

'' Lai et al. 2016 * '' Alcanivorax pacificus'' Lai et al. 2011 * '' Alcanivorax profundi'' Liu et al. 2019 * ''

Alcanivorax profundimaris ''Alcanivorax'' is a genus of alkane-degrading marine bacteria. Species ''Alcanivorax'' comprises the following species: * ''Alcanivorax balearicus'' Rivas et al. 2007 * ''Alcanivorax borkumensis'' Yakimov et al. 1998 * '' Alcanivorax dieselolei ...

'' Dong et al. 2021 * ''

Alcanivorax sediminis ''Alcanivorax'' is a genus of alkane-degrading marine bacteria. Species ''Alcanivorax'' comprises the following species: * ''Alcanivorax balearicus'' Rivas et al. 2007 * ''Alcanivorax borkumensis'' Yakimov et al. 1998 * '' Alcanivorax dieselolei ...

'' Liao et al. 2020 * ''

Alcanivorax venustensis ''Alcanivorax'' is a genus of alkane-degrading marine bacteria. Species ''Alcanivorax'' comprises the following species: * '' Alcanivorax balearicus'' Rivas et al. 2007 * ''Alcanivorax borkumensis'' Yakimov et al. 1998 * '' Alcanivorax dieselole ...

'' Fernández-Martínez et al. 2003 * ''

Alcanivorax xenomutans ''Alcanivorax'' is a genus of alkane-degrading marine bacteria. Species ''Alcanivorax'' comprises the following species: * '' Alcanivorax balearicus'' Rivas et al. 2007 * ''Alcanivorax borkumensis'' Yakimov et al. 1998 * '' Alcanivorax dieselole ...

'' Rahul et al. 2014

References

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