Global InformationAlcanivorax pacificus information
| Alcanivorax pacificus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Oceanospirillales |
| Family: | Alcanivoracaceae |
| Genus: | Alcanivorax |
| Species: | A. pacificus
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| Binomial name | |
| Alcanivorax pacificus Lai et al. 2011
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Alcanivorax pacificus is a pyrene-degrading marine gammaproteobacterium.[1] It is of the genus Alcanivorax, a group of marine bacteria known for degrading hydrocarbons.[2] When originally proposed, the genus Alcanivorax comprised six distinguishable species.[1] However, A. pacificus, a seventh strain, was isolated from deep sea sediments in the West Pacific Ocean by Shanghai Majorbio Bio-pharm Technology Co., Ltd. in 2011.[1] A. pacificus’s ability to degrade hydrocarbons can be employed for cleaning up oil-contaminated oceans through bioremediation. The genomic differences present in this strain of Alcanivorax that distinguish it from the original consortium are important to understand to better utilize this bacteria for bioremediation.[1]
- ^ a b c d Lai Q, Wang L, Liu Y, Fu Y, Zhong H, Wang B, Chen L, Wang J, Sun F, Shao Z (June 2011). "Alcanivorax pacificus sp. nov., isolated from a deep-sea pyrene-degrading consortium". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 61 (Pt 6): 1370–4. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.022368-0. PMID 20584816.
- ^ Yakimov MM, Golyshin PN, Lang S, Moore ER, Abraham WR, Lünsdorf H, Timmis KN (April 1998). "Alcanivorax borkumensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new, hydrocarbon-degrading and surfactant-producing marine bacterium". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 48 Pt 2 (2): 339–48. doi:10.1099/00207713-48-2-339. PMID 9731272.