Alcanivorax pacificus

Alcanivorax pacificus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Gamma Proteobacteria
Order: Oceanospirillales
Family: Alcanivoracaceae
Genus: Alcanivorax
Species: A. pacificus
Binomial name
Alcanivorax pacificus
Lai et al. 2011

Alcanivorax pacificus is a species of pyrene-degrading bacteria. Its genome had been sequenced.[1] It is Gram-negative and oxidase- and catalase-positive. Its type strain is W11-5T (=MCCC 1A00474T =CCTCC AB 208236T =LMG 25514T).[2]

References

  1. Lai, Q.; Shao, Z. (2012). "Genome Sequence of an Alkane-Degrading Bacterium, Alcanivorax pacificus Type Strain W11-5, Isolated from Deep Sea Sediment". Journal of Bacteriology. 194 (24): 6936–6936. doi:10.1128/JB.01845-12. ISSN 0021-9193.
  2. Lai, Q.; Wang, L.; Liu, Y.; Fu, Y.; Zhong, H.; Wang, B.; Chen, L.; Wang, J.; Sun, F.; Shao, Z. (2010). "Alcanivorax pacificus sp. nov., isolated from a deep-sea pyrene-degrading consortium". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 61 (6): 1370–1374. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.022368-0. ISSN 1466-5026.

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