Planomicrobium

{{Short description|Genus of bacteria}}

{{Taxobox

| domain = Bacteria

| phylum = Bacillota

| classis = Bacilli

| ordo = Bacillales

| familia = Planococcaceae

| genus = Planomicrobium

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = Planomicrobium alkanoclasticum

Planomicrobium chinense

Planomicrobium flavidum

Planomicrobium glaciei

Planomicrobium koreense

Planomicrobium mcmeekinii

Planomicrobium okeanokoites

Planomicrobium psychrophilum

Planomicrobium soli

Planomicrobium stackebrandtii

}}

Planomicrobium (formerly Planococcus) is a genus of gram-positive bacteria. It includes the hydrocarbon-degrading strain P. alkanoclasticum MAE2.{{cite journal

| author=I.M. Head, D.M. Jones & W.F.M. Rölling

|date=March 2006

| title=Marine microorganisms make a meal of oil

| journal=Nat. Rev. Microbiol.

| volume=4

| pages=173–182

| doi=10.1038/nrmicro1348

| pmid=16489346

| issue=3}}