Alcanivorax borkumensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new, hydrocarbon- degrading and surfactant-producing marine bacterium

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 339-348

  Yakimov, Michail M ^a   Golyshin, Peter N ^a   Lang, Siegmund ^b   Moore, Edward R B ^a   Abraham, Wolf Rainer ^a   Lünsdorf, Heinrich ^a   Timmis, Kenneth N ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcanivorax borkumensis; Hydrocarbon degradation; Marine bacterium; Surfactant production

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; ALKANE; FATTY ACID; HYDROCARBON; PHOSPHOLIPID; PYRUVIC ACID; RIBOSOME RNA; SURFACTANT;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ALCANIVORAX BORKUMENSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALCANIVORAX BORKUMENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOMONAS; NEGIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; UNCULTURED MARINE BACTERIUM;

EID: 0031778521     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-48-2-339     Document Type: Article

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