Alcanivorax dieselolei explained

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-5^T (=DSM 16502^T =CGMCC 1.3690^T).^[2]

Further reading

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

External links

• • LPSN
• WORMS entry
• Type strain of Alcanivorax dieselolei at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Notes and References

1. Lai. Q.. Li. W.. Shao. Z.. Complete Genome Sequence of Alcanivorax dieselolei Type Strain B5. Journal of Bacteriology. 194. 23. 2012. 6674. 0021-9193. 10.1128/JB.01813-12. 23144414. 3497491.
2. Liu. C.. 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. 2005. 1181–1186. 1466-5026. 10.1099/ijs.0.63443-0. 15879252. free.