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Alcanivorax
An oil spill being treated with Alcanivorax
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Oceanospirillales
Family: Alcanivoracaceae
Genus: Alcanivorax
Yakimov et al. 1998
Type species
Alcanivorax borkumensis
Species

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Synonyms
  • Fundibacter Bruns and Berthe-Corti 1999

Alcanivorax is a genus of alkane-degrading marine bacteria.

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Alcanivorax

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Alcanivorax is a genus of alkane-degrading marine bacteria. Alcanivorax comprises the following species: Alcanivorax balearicus Rivas et al. 2007 Alcanivorax...

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Alcanivorax borkumensis

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Alcanivorax borkumensis is an alkane-degrading marine bacterium which naturally propagates and becomes predominant in crude-oil-containing seawater when...

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Alcanivorax mobilis

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Alcanivorax mobilis is a Gram-negative, hydrocarbon-degrading and motile bacterium from the genus of Alcanivorax which has been isolated from deep-sea...

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Alcanivorax gelatiniphagus

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Alcanivorax gelatiniphagus is a Gram-negative and rod-shaped bacterium from the genus of Alcanivorax which has been isolated from tidal flat sediments...

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Alcanivorax pacificus

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Alcanivorax pacificus is a pyrene-degrading marine gammaproteobacterium. It is of the genus Alcanivorax, a group of marine bacteria known for degrading...

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Alcanivorax dieselolei

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Alcanivorax dieselolei is a species of alkane-degrading bacteria. Its genome has been sequenced. It is halophilic, aerobic, Gram-negative, non-spore-forming...

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Petroleum microbiology

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is the alpha-proteobacteria Alcanivorax, which degrades aliphatic alkanes through various metabolic activities. Alcanivorax borkumensis utilizes linear...

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Oil spill

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microorganisms or biological agents to break down or remove oil; such as Alcanivorax bacteria or Methylocella silvestris. Bioremediation Accelerator: a binder...

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Deepwater Horizon oil spill

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spill in the Gulf of Mexico was not far worse. Genetically modified Alcanivorax borkumensis was added to the waters to speed digestion. The delivery...

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Challenger Deep

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S2CID 116466712. Wen-Li Li, et al., "Periodic and Spatial Spreading of Alkanes and Alcanivorax Bacteria in Deep Waters of the Mariana Trench", Applied and Environmental...

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Gammaproteobacteria

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treatment processes. The ability of some Gammaproteobacteria (e.g. the genus Alcanivorax) to bioremediate oil is increasingly important for degrading crude oil...

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Plastic degradation by marine bacteria

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the tensile strength of plastic films combining PVA and LLDPE plastic. Alcanivorax sp. Monofilament fibers of PCL, PHB/V, PBS This bacterial strain was...

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Hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria

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hydrocarbons such as carbon and energy, as they grow and multiply rapidly. Alcanivorax-like bacteria have been detected in oil-affected environments around...

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Microbial biodegradation

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discovered group of specialists, the hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria (HCB). Alcanivorax borkumensis was the first HCB to have its genome sequenced. In addition...

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Alcanivoracaceae

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Alcanivoracaceae corrig. Golyshin et al. 2005 Type genus Alcanivorax Yakimov et al. 1998 Genera Alcanivorax Yakimov et al. 1998 Kangiella Kim et al. 2018 Ketobacter...

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Oceanospirillales

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Bacteria in the Oceanospirillales are motile except for those in the genus Alcanivorax. Bacteria in the Oceanospirillales include hydrocarbon-degrading groups...

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Deepwater Horizon oil spill response

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waters. In order to eat the oil faster, oil eating bacteria such as Alcanivorax borkumensis have been genetically modified. Ott claims to have spoken...

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