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Alcanivorax
Genus of bacteria / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alcanivorax is a genus of alkane-degrading marine bacteria.
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Alcanivorax | |
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An oil spill being treated with Alcanivorax | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
Order: | Oceanospirillales |
Family: | Alcanivoracaceae |
Genus: | Alcanivorax Yakimov et al. 1998 |
Type species | |
Alcanivorax borkumensis | |
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