| Alcanivorax | |
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| An oil spill being treated with Alcanivorax | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Oceanospirillales |
| Family: | Alcanivoracaceae |
| Genus: | Alcanivorax Yakimov et al. 1998 |
| Type species | |
| Alcanivorax borkumensis | |
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See text. | |
| Synonyms | |
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Alcanivorax is a genus of alkane-degrading marine bacteria.