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Chromohalobacter
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Proteobacteria
Class:	Gamma Proteobacteria
Order:	Oceanospirillales
Family:	Alcanivoracaceae
Genus:	Alcanivorax; Yakimov et al. 1998

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Alcanivorax is an alkane-degrading marine bacterium which propagates and becomes predominant in crude-oil-containing seawater when nitrogen and phosphorus nutrients are supplemented.^[1]

Oil Biodegradation

Petroleum oil is toxic for most life forms and pollution of the environment by oil causes major ecological problems. A considerable amount of petroleum oil entering the sea is eliminated by the microbial biodegradation activities of microbial communities. Alcanivorax borkumensis is a recently discovered hydrocarbonoclastic bacterium and is probably the most important global oil degrader.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Martins VAP; et al. (2008). "Genomic Insights into Oil Biodegradation in Marine Systems". Microbial Biodegradation: Genomics and Molecular Biology. Caister Academic Press. ISBN 978-1-904455-17-2. {{cite book}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |author= (help)

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[chapter9-1] Martins VAP; et al. (2008). "Genomic Insights into Oil Biodegradation in Marine Systems". Microbial Biodegradation: Genomics and Molecular Biology. Caister Academic Press. ISBN 978-1-904455-17-2. {{cite book}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |author= (help)

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 | classis = Gamma Proteobacteria
 | ordo = [[Oceanospirillales]]
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 | genus = ''Alcanivorax''
 | genus_authority = Yakimov ''et al.'' 1998