Marinobacter

Marinobacter
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Gamma Proteobacteria
Order: Alteromonadales
Family: Alteromonadaceae
Genus: Marinobacter
Gauthier et al. 1992
Type species
Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus
Species

M. algicola
M. alkaliphilus
M. aquaeolei
M. arcticus
M. bryozoorum
M. daepoensis
M. excellens
M. flavimaris
M. gudaonensis
M. hydrocarbonoclasticus
M. koreensis
M. lipolyticus
M. litoralis
M. lutaoensis
M. maritimus
M. sediminum
M. squalenivorans
M. vinifirmus

Marinobacter is a genus of Proteobacteria found in sea water. A number of strains and species can degrade hydrocarbons.[1] The species involved in hydrocarbon degradation include M. alkaliphilus, M. aquaeolei, M. arcticus, M. hydrocarbonoclasticus, M. maritimus & M. squalenivorans[2].

References

  1. ^ Characterization of hydrocarbonoclastic bacterial communities from mangrove sediments in Guanabara Bay, Brazil. Elcia Margareth S. Brito, Rémy Guyoneaud, Marisol Goñi-Urriza, Antony Ranchou-Peyruse, Arnaud Verbaere, Miriam A.C. Crapez, Julio César A. Wasserman and Robert Duran, Research in Microbiology, Vol. 157, 2006, pages 752–762, PubMed, doi:10.1016/j.resmic.2006.03.005
  2. ^ M.M. Yakimov, K.N. Timmis & P.N. Golyshin (2007). "Obligate oil-degrading marine bacteria". Curr. Opin. Biotech. 18 (3): 257–266. doi:10.1016/j.copbio.2007.04.006. PMID 17493798.