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Marinobacter

Marinobacter is a genus of bacteria found in sea water. They are also found in a variety of salt lakes. A number of strains and species can degrade hydrocarbons. The species involved in hydrocarbon degradation include M. alkaliphilus, M. arcticus, M. hydrocarbonoclasticus, M. maritimus, and M. squalenivorans.

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Marinobacter
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Hyphomicrobiales
Family: Phyllobacteriaceae
Genus: Marinobacter
Gauthier et al. 1992
Type species
Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus
Species

M. adhaerens1
M. algicola
M. alkaliphilus
M. antarcticus1
M. arcticus
M. aromaticivorans1
M. bryozoorum
M. daepoensis
M. daqiaonensis1
M. excellens
M. flavimaris
M. gudaonensis1
M. guineae1
M. halophilus1
M. gudaonensis
M. halotolerans1
M. hydrocarbonoclasticus
M. koreensis
M. lacisalsi1
M. lipolyticus
M. litoralis
M. lutaoensis
M. maritimus
M. mobilis1
M. nitratireducens1
M. oulmenensis1
M. pelagius1
M. persicus1
M. psychrophilus1
M. salinus1
M. nanhaiticus2
M. salarius1
M. salicampi1
M. salsuginis1
M. santoriniensis1
M. sediminum
M. segnicrescens1
M. shengliensis1
M. squalenivorans
M. similis1
M. szutsaonensis1
M. vinifirmus
M. xestospongiae1
M. zhanjiangensis1
M. zhejiangensis1

Marinobacter is a genus of bacteria found in sea water. They are also found in a variety of salt lakes.3 A number of strains and species can degrade hydrocarbons.4 The species involved in hydrocarbon degradation include M. alkaliphilus, M. arcticus, M. hydrocarbonoclasticus, M. maritimus, and M. squalenivorans.5

There are currently 46 species of Marinobacter that are characterized by Gram-negative rods and salt-tolerance.3

References

References

  1. A.C. Parte. "Marinobacter". LPSN. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  2. Gao, Wei; Cui, Zhisong; Li, Qian; Xu, Guangsu; Jia, Xingjun; Zheng, Li (2013). "Marinobacter nanhaiticus sp. nov., polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium isolated from the sediment of the South China Sea". Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 103 (3): 485–491. doi:10.1007/s10482-012-9830-z. PMID 23117603. S2CID 8582717.
  3. Kim, Ju-Ok; Lee, Hyo-Jin; Han, Song-Ih; Whang, Kyung-Sook (2017). "Marinobacter halotolerans sp. nov., a halophilic bacterium isolated from a saltern crystallizing pond". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 67 (2): 460–465. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.001653. PMID 27902258.
  4. Brito, E. M. S.; Guyoneaud, R. M.; Goñi-Urriza, M.; Ranchou-Peyruse, A.; Verbaere, A.; Crapez, M. A. C.; Wasserman, J. C. S. A.; Duran, R. (2006). "Characterization of hydrocarbonoclastic bacterial communities from mangrove sediments in Guanabara Bay, Brazil". Research in Microbiology. 157 (8): 752–762. doi:10.1016/j.resmic.2006.03.005. PMID 16815684.
  5. M.M. Yakimov, K.N. Timmis & P.N. Golyshin (2007). "Obligate oil-degrading marine bacteria". Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 18 (3): 257–266. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.475.3300. doi:10.1016/j.copbio.2007.04.006. PMID 17493798.