Thalassolituus oleivorans

Thalassolituus oleivorans
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Gammaproteobacteria
Order:	Oceanospirillales
Family:	Oceanospirillaceae
Genus:	Thalassolituus
Species:	Thalassolituus oleivorans; Yakimov et al. 2004

Thalassolituus oleivorans is a species of bacteria, the type species of its genus. It is an aerobic, heterotrophic, Gram-negative, curved bacteria that metabolises aliphatic hydrocarbons, their oxidized derivatives and acetate, with type strain MIL-1^T (=DSM 14913^T =LMG 21420^T).^[1]

^ Yakimov, M. M. (2004). "Thalassolituus oleivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium that obligately utilizes hydrocarbons". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 54 (1): 141–148. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02424-0. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 14742471.

[Yakimov2004-1] Yakimov, M. M. (2004). "Thalassolituus oleivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium that obligately utilizes hydrocarbons". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 54 (1): 141–148. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02424-0. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 14742471.

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