Alcanivorax
{{Short description|Genus of bacteria}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Oil spill in San Francisco bay.jpg
| image_caption = An oil spill being treated with Alcanivorax
| taxon = Alcanivorax
| authority = Yakimov et al. 1998
| type_species = Alcanivorax borkumensis
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text.
| synonyms =
- Fundibacter Bruns and Berthe-Corti 1999
}}
Alcanivorax is a genus of alkane-degrading marine bacteria.
Species
Alcanivorax comprises the following species:{{cite web | vauthors = Euzéby JP, Parte AC | url = https://www.bacterio.net/genus/alcanivorax | title = Alcanivorax | access-date = March 19, 2022 | publisher = List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)}}
- Alcanivorax balearicus Rivas et al. 2007
- Alcanivorax borkumensis Yakimov et al. 1998
- Alcanivorax dieselolei Liu and Shao 2005
- Alcanivorax gelatiniphagus Kwon et al. 2015
- Alcanivorax hongdengensis Wu et al. 2009
- Alcanivorax indicus Song et al. 2018
- Alcanivorax jadensis (Bruns and Berthe-Corti 1999) Fernández-Martínez et al. 2003
- Alcanivorax limicola Zhu et al. 2021
- Alcanivorax marinus Lai et al. 2013
- Alcanivorax mobilis Yang et al. 2018
- Alcanivorax nanhaiticus Lai et al. 2016
- Alcanivorax pacificus Lai et al. 2011
- Alcanivorax profundi Liu et al. 2019
- Alcanivorax profundimaris Dong et al. 2021
- Alcanivorax sediminis Liao et al. 2020
- Alcanivorax venustensis Fernández-Martínez et al. 2003
- Alcanivorax xenomutans Rahul et al. 2014
References
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