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Alcanivorax

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Genus of bacteria

Alcanivorax
An oil spill being treated with Alcanivorax
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Oceanospirillales
Family: Alcanivoracaceae
Genus: Alcanivorax
Yakimov et al. 1998
Type species
Alcanivorax borkumensis
Species

See text.

Synonyms
  • Fundibacter Bruns and Berthe-Corti 1999

Alcanivorax is a genus of alkane-degrading marine bacteria.

Species

Alcanivorax comprises the following species:

References

  1. Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Alcanivorax". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved March 19, 2022.
Taxon identifiers
Alcanivorax
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