Article
Thalassolituus oleivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium that obligately utilizes hydrocarbons.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Jan 2004
Yakimov Michail M, Giuliano Laura, Denaro Renata, Crisafi Ermanno, Chernikova Tatiana N, Abraham Wolf-Rainer, Luensdorf Heinrich, Timmis Kenneth N, Golyshin Peter N
Abstract excerpt
An aerobic, heterotrophic, Gram-negative, curved bacterial strain, designated MIL-1T, was isolated by extinction dilution from an n-tetradecane enrichment culture that was established from sea water/sediment samples collected in the harbour of Milazzo, Italy. In the primary enrichment, the isolat...
Topics
- Alkanes
- Base Composition
- Biodegradation, Environmental
- DNA, Bacterial
- DNA, Ribosomal
- Gammaproteobacteria
- Hydrocarbons
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phenotype
- Phylogeny
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
- Seawater