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Oleiphilaceae fam. nov., to include Oleiphilus messinensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium that obligately utilizes hydrocarbons.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 May 2002
Golyshin Peter N, Chernikova Tatiana N, Abraham Wolf-Rainer, Lünsdorf Heinrich, Timmis Kenneth N, Yakimov Michail M
Abstract excerpt
A bacterial isolate, ME102T, was obtained from an n-hexadecane enrichment culture of seawater/sediment samples collected in the harbour of Messina (Italy). This gram-negative, aerobic, motile, rod-shaped bacterium used a narrow spectrum of organic compounds, including aliphatic hydrocarbons, alkanoates and alkanoles, as carbon and energy sources. None of the sugars, organic acids or amino acids tested was used....
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