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Alkanibacter

Alkanibacter is a Gram-negative genus of bacteria from the family Nevskiaceae with one known species, Alkanibacter difficilis.

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Alkanibacter
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Nevskiales
Family: Nevskiaceae
Genus: Alkanibacter
Friedrich and Lipski 20081
Species:
A. difficilis
Binomial name
Alkanibacter difficilis
Friedrich and Lipski 20081

Alkanibacter is a Gram-negative genus of bacteria from the family Nevskiaceae with one known species, Alkanibacter difficilis.1234

Alkanibacter difficilis was first isolated from a hexane-degrading biofilter in Hamm, Germany. It was published as a new genus and species alongside Singularimonas variicoloris (now merged into Solimonas).25

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References

  1. Parte, A.C. "Alkanibacter". LPSN.
  2. Friedrich, MM; Lipski, A (October 2008). "Alkanibacter difficilis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Singularimonas variicoloris gen. nov., sp. nov., hexane-degrading bacteria isolated from a hexane-treated biofilter". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 58 (Pt 10): 2324–9. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.65517-0. PMID 18842850.
  3. "Alkanibacter". www.uniprot.org.
  4. Parker, Charles Thomas; Wigley, Sarah; Garrity, George M (1 January 2003). Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (eds.). "Taxonomic Abstract for the genera". The NamesforLife Abstracts. doi:10.1601/tx.13057.
  5. "Details: DSM-14804". www.dsmz.de.