Marinobacter

Marinobacter is a genus of Proteobacteria found in sea water. They are also found in a variety of salt lakes.[3] A number of strains and species can degrade hydrocarbons.[4] The species involved in hydrocarbon degradation include M. alkaliphilus, M. arcticus, M. hydrocarbonoclasticus, M. maritimus & M. squalenivorans.[5]

Marinobacter
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Proteobacteria
Class:	Gamma Proteobacteria
Order:	Alteromonadales
Family:	Alteromonadaceae
Genus:	Marinobacter Gauthier et al. 1992
Type species
Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus
Species
M. adhaerens[1] M. algicola M. alkaliphilus M. antarcticus[1] M. arcticus M. aromaticivorans[1] M. bryozoorum M. daepoensis M. daqiaonensis[1] M. excellens M. flavimaris M. gudaonensis[1] M. guineae[1] M. halophilus[1] M. gudaonensis M. halotolerans[1] M. hydrocarbonoclasticus M. koreensis M. lacisalsi[1] M. lipolyticus M. litoralis M. lutaoensis M. maritimus M. mobilis[1] M. nitratireducens[1] M. oulmenensis[1] M. pelagius[1] M. persicus[1] M. psychrophilus[1] M. salinus[1] M. nanhaiticus[2] M. salarius[1] M. salicampi[1] M. salsuginis[1] M. santoriniensis[1] M. sediminum M. segnicrescens[1] M. shengliensis[1] M. squalenivorans M. similis[1] M. szutsaonensis[1] M. vinifirmus M. xestospongiae[1] M. zhanjiangensis[1] M. zhejiangensis[1]

There are currently 46 species of Marinobacter that are characterized by Gram-negative rods and salt-tolerance.[3]

References

1. A.C. Parte. "Marinobacter". LPSN. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
2. Gao, Wei; Cui, Zhisong; Li, Qian; Xu, Guangsu; Jia, Xingjun; Zheng, Li (2013). "Marinobacter nanhaiticus sp. nov., polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium isolated from the sediment of the South China Sea". Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 103 (3): 485–491. doi:10.1007/s10482-012-9830-z. PMID 23117603.
3. https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.001653#tab2
4. Brito, E. M. S.; Guyoneaud, R. M.; Goñi-Urriza, M.; Ranchou-Peyruse, A.; Verbaere, A.; Crapez, M. A. C.; Wasserman, J. C. S. A.; Duran, R. (2006). "Characterization of hydrocarbonoclastic bacterial communities from mangrove sediments in Guanabara Bay, Brazil". Research in Microbiology. 157 (8): 752–762. doi:10.1016/j.resmic.2006.03.005. PMID 16815684.
5. M.M. Yakimov, K.N. Timmis & P.N. Golyshin (2007). "Obligate oil-degrading marine bacteria". Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 18 (3): 257–266. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.475.3300. doi:10.1016/j.copbio.2007.04.006. PMID 17493798.