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    Alcanivorax is a genus of alkane-degrading marine bacteria. Alcanivorax comprises the following species: Alcanivorax balearicus Rivas et al. 2007 Alcanivorax...
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  • Alcanivorax borkumensis is an alkane-degrading marine bacterium which naturally propagates and becomes predominant in crude-oil-containing seawater when...
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  • Alcanivorax gelatiniphagus is a Gram-negative and rod-shaped bacterium from the genus of Alcanivorax which has been isolated from tidal flat sediments...
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  • Alcanivorax mobilis is a Gram-negative, hydrocarbon-degrading and motile bacterium from the genus of Alcanivorax which has been isolated from deep-sea...
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  • Alcanivorax pacificus is a pyrene-degrading marine gammaproteobacterium. It is of the genus Alcanivorax, a group of marine bacteria known for degrading...
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  • Alcanivorax dieselolei is a species of alkane-degrading bacteria. Its genome has been sequenced. It is halophilic, aerobic, Gram-negative, non-spore-forming...
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  • is the alpha-proteobacteria Alcanivorax, which degrades aliphatic alkanes through various metabolic activities. Alcanivorax borkumensis utilizes linear...
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    spill in the Gulf of Mexico was not far worse. Genetically modified Alcanivorax borkumensis was added to the waters to speed digestion. The delivery...
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    S2CID 116466712. Wen-Li Li, et al., "Periodic and Spatial Spreading of Alkanes and Alcanivorax Bacteria in Deep Waters of the Mariana Trench", Applied and Environmental...
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    microorganisms or biological agents to break down or remove oil; such as Alcanivorax bacteria or Methylocella silvestris. Bioremediation Accelerator: a binder...
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    treatment processes. The ability of some Gammaproteobacteria (e.g. the genus Alcanivorax) to bioremediate oil is increasingly important for degrading crude oil...
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  • hydrocarbons such as carbon and energy, as they grow and multiply rapidly. Alcanivorax-like bacteria have been detected in oil-affected environments around...
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    the tensile strength of plastic films combining PVA and LLDPE plastic. Alcanivorax sp. Monofilament fibers of PCL, PHB/V, PBS This bacterial strain was...
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  • members were identified in 2015. The X-ray structures of the full-length Alcanivorax borkumensis YdaH (AbgT) and Neisseria gonorrhoeae MtrF proteins. The...
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  • Alcanivoracaceae corrig. Golyshin et al. 2005 Type genus Alcanivorax Yakimov et al. 1998 Genera Alcanivorax Yakimov et al. 1998 Kangiella Kim et al. 2018 Ketobacter...
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    Bacteria in the Oceanospirillales are motile except for those in the genus Alcanivorax. Bacteria in the Oceanospirillales include hydrocarbon-degrading groups...
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  • discovered group of specialists, the hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria (HCB). Alcanivorax borkumensis was the first HCB to have its genome sequenced. In addition...
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    waters. In order to eat the oil faster, oil eating bacteria such as Alcanivorax borkumensis have been genetically modified. Ott claims to have spoken...
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