Alcanivorax borkumensis
| Alcanivorax borkumensis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Oceanospirillales |
| Family: | Alcanivoracaceae |
| Genus: | Alcanivorax |
| Species: | A. borkumensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Alcanivorax borkumensis Yakimov et al. 1998 | |
| Type strain | |
| ATCC 700651 CIP 105606 | |
Alcanivorax borkumensis is an alkane-degrading marine bacterium which naturally propagates and becomes predominant in crude-oil-containing seawater when nitrogen and phosphorus nutrients are supplemented.