Alcanivorax dieselolei

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

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

References
  1. Lai, Q.; Li, W.; Shao, Z. (2012). "Complete Genome Sequence of Alcanivorax dieselolei Type Strain B5". Journal of Bacteriology. 194 (23): 6674. doi:10.1128/JB.01813-12. ISSN 0021-9193. PMC 3497491. PMID 23144414.
  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. PMID 15879252.

Further reading
  • Liu, Chenli; Wang, Wanpeng; Wu, Yehui; Zhou, Zhongwen; Lai, Qiliang; Shao, Zongze (2011). "Multiple alkane hydroxylase systems in a marine alkane degrader, Alcanivorax dieselolei B-5". Environmental Microbiology. 13 (5): 1168–1178. doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02416.x. ISSN 1462-2912. PMID 21261799.


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