Acinetobacter venetianus explained

Acinetobacter venetianus is a species of bacteria notable for degrading n-alkanes. It harbours plasmids carrying sequences similar to the Pseudomonas oleovorans alkane hydroxylase gene alkBFGH.^[1] Its potential for bioremediation is an active research topic, particularly its role in the production of the bioemulsifier emulsan. Its type strain is RAG-1^T(=ATCC 31012^T=CCUG 45561^T=LMG 19082^T=LUH 3904^T=NIPH 1925^T).^[2]

Further reading

• Luckarift. Heather R.. Sizemore. Susan R.. Farrington. Karen E.. Fulmer. Preston A.. Biffinger. Justin C.. Nadeau. Lloyd J.. Johnson. Glenn R.. Biodegradation of medium chain hydrocarbons by Acinetobacter venetianus 2AW immobilized to hair-based adsorbent mats. Biotechnology Progress. 27. 6. 2011. 1580–1587. 8756-7938. 10.1002/btpr.701. 21948333. 22702663.
• Fondi. Marco. Rizzi. Ermanno. Emiliani. Giovanni. Orlandini. Valerio. Berna. Luisa. Papaleo. Maria Cristiana. Perrin. Elena. Maida. Isabel. Corti. Giorgio. De Bellis. Gianluca. Baldi. Franco. Dijkshoorn. Lenie. Vaneechoutte. Mario. Fani. Renato. The genome sequence of the hydrocarbon-degrading Acinetobacter venetianus VE-C3. Research in Microbiology. 164. 5. 2013. 439–449. 0923-2508. 10.1016/j.resmic.2013.03.003. 23528645. 10278/37773. free.
• Bach. H.. Berdichevsky. Y.. Gutnick. D.. An Exocellular Protein from the Oil-Degrading Microbe Acinetobacter venetianus RAG-1 Enhances the Emulsifying Activity of the Polymeric Bioemulsifier Emulsan. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 69. 5. 2003. 2608–2615. 0099-2240. 10.1128/AEM.69.5.2608-2615.2003. 12732528. 154541.
• Baldi F, Ivosevic N, Minacci A, etal . Adhesion of acinetobacter venetianus to diesel fuel droplets studied with In situ electrochemical and molecular probes . . 65 . 5 . 2041–8 . May 1999 . 10.1128/AEM.65.5.2041-2048.1999 . 10223998 . 91295 .

External links

• • Type strain of Acinetobacter venetianus at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Notes and References

1. Di Cello. F.. Pepi. M.. Baldi. F.. Fani. R.. Molecular characterization of an n-alkane-degrading bacterial community and identification of a new species, Acinetobacter venetianus. Research in Microbiology. 148. 3. 1997. 237–249. 0923-2508. 10.1016/S0923-2508(97)85244-8. 9765804. free.
2. Vaneechoutte. M.. Nemec. A.. Musilek. M.. van der Reijden. T. J. K.. van den Barselaar. M.. Tjernberg. I.. Calame. W.. Fani. R.. De Baere. T.. Dijkshoorn. L.. Description of Acinetobacter venetianus ex Di Cello et al. 1997 sp. nov.. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 59. 6. 2009. 1376–1381. 1466-5026. 10.1099/ijs.0.003541-0. 19502319. free.