Desulfosarcina alkanivorans

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Desulfosarcina alkanivorans
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Thermodesulfobacteriota
Class: Desulfobacteria
Order: Desulfobacterales
Family: Desulfosarcinaceae
Genus: Desulfosarcina
Species:
D. alkanivorans
Binomial name
Desulfosarcina alkanivorans
Watanabe et al. 2017 [1]
Type strain
DSM 103901, JCM 31728, strain PL12 [2]

Desulfosarcina alkanivorans is a hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium from the genus of Desulfosarcina which has been isolated from oil contaminated marine sediments from Shuaiba in Kuwait. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Desulfosarcina". LPSN .
  2. 1 2 "Desulfosarcina alkanivorans". Ebi8.uniprot.org.
  3. Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M. (2017). Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (eds.). "Taxonomy of the species Desulfosarcina alkanivorans Watanabe et al. 2017". doi:10.1601/tx.30605.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. "Details: DSM-103901". www.dsmz.de.
  5. Watanabe, M; Higashioka, Y; Kojima, H; Fukui, M (August 2017). "Desulfosarcina widdelii sp. nov. and Desulfosarcina alkanivorans sp. nov., hydrocarbon-degrading sulfate-reducing bacteria isolated from marine sediment and emended description of the genus Desulfosarcina". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 67 (8): 2994–2997. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.002062 . hdl: 2115/71144 . PMID   28820122.