Alkanindiges illinoisensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an obligately hydrocarbonoclastic, aerobic squalane-degrading bacterium isolated from oilfield soils

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1389-1395

  Bogan, Bill W ^a   Sullivan, Wendy R ^a   Kayser, Kevin J ^a,c   Derr, K D ^a,d   Aldrich, Henry C ^b   Paterek, J Robert ^a  

^a GAS TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Life Science/High Technology Center   (United States)

^d CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; CARBON; CARBON 14; DODECANE; HEXADECANE; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; POLYSORBATE 40; POLYSORBATE 80; PRISTANE; RNA 16S; SQUALENE;

ACINETOBACTER JUNII; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ALKANINDIGES ILLINOISENSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON SOURCE; CATABOLISM; CELL GROWTH; CELL INCLUSION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE SEQUENCE; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UNITED STATES;

AEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FUEL OILS; HYDROCARBONS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORAXELLACEAE; PHENOTYPE; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SQUALENE;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER JUNII; ALKANINDIGES; ALKANINDIGES ILLINOISENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LURIA; MYCOBACTERIUM; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0141502473     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02568-0     Document Type: Article

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