Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus

Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus
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Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus
Gauthier et al. 1992
Synonyms

Pseudomonas nautica Bauman et al. 1972
Marinobacter aquaeolei Nguyen et al. 1999

Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus is a species of bacteria found in sea water which are able to degrade hydrocarbons. The cells are rod-shaped and motile by means of a single polar flagellum.[1]

  1. ^ Garrity, George M. (2005). Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology, Volume Two: The Proteobacteria, Part B: The Gammaproteobacteria New York: Springer ISBN 0-387-24144-2