Summary The marine γ‐Proteobacterium Alcanivorax borkumensis is highly specialized in
the assimilation of aliphatic hydrocarbons, and makes up a large part of the biomass in oil …

Alcanivorax is an alkane‐degrading marine bacterium which propagates and becomes
predominant in crude‐oil‐containing seawater when nitrogen and phosphorus nutrients are …

Alcanivorax dieselolei strain B‐5 is a marine bacterium that can utilize a broad range of n‐
alkanes (C5–C36) as sole carbon source. However, the mechanisms responsible for this …

A Gram-negative coccus, strain 2B5, was isolated from the sea mud of the crude oil-polluted
Donghai area in China and identified as Alcanivorax sp. based on its physiological …

The diversity of alkB-related alkane hydroxylase sequences and the relationship between
alkB gene expression and the hydrocarbon contamination level have been investigated in …

Two clones 9E7 and 21G8 in a metagenomic library of the east Pacific deep-sea sediment
were found to contain alkane hydroxylase genes (alkB). The whole insert sequences of the …

Alcanivorax borkumensis SK2T is an important obligate hydrocarbonoclastic bacterium
(OHCB) that can dominate microbial communities following marine oil spills. It possesses …

We have developed highly degenerate oligonucleotides for polymerase chain reaction
(PCR) amplification of genes related to the Pseudomonas oleovorans GPo1 and …

Formation of specific oil degrading bacterial communities in diesel fuel, crude oil, heptane
and hexadecane supplemented microcosms of the Baltic Sea surface water samples was …

Hydrocarbon footprints in the environment, via biosynthesis, natural seepage,
anthropogenic activities and accidents, affect the ecosystem and induce a shift in the healthy …