''Alcanivorax'' is a genus of

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-degrading

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Species

''Alcanivorax'' comprises the following species: * '' Alcanivorax balearicus'' Rivas et al. 2007 * '' Alcanivorax borkumensis'' Yakimov et al. 1998 * '' Alcanivorax dieselolei'' Liu and Shao 2005 * '' Alcanivorax gelatiniphagus'' Kwon et al. 2015 * '' Alcanivorax hongdengensis'' Wu et al. 2009 * '' Alcanivorax indicus'' Song et al. 2018 * '' Alcanivorax jadensis'' (Bruns and Berthe-Corti 1999) Fernández-Martínez et al. 2003 * '' Alcanivorax limicola'' Zhu et al. 2021 * '' Alcanivorax marinus'' Lai et al. 2013 * '' Alcanivorax mobilis'' Yang et al. 2018 * '' Alcanivorax nanhaiticus'' Lai et al. 2016 * '' Alcanivorax pacificus'' Lai et al. 2011 * '' Alcanivorax profundi'' Liu et al. 2019 * '' Alcanivorax profundimaris'' Dong et al. 2021 * '' Alcanivorax sediminis'' Liao et al. 2020 * '' Alcanivorax venustensis'' Fernández-Martínez et al. 2003 * '' Alcanivorax xenomutans'' Rahul et al. 2014

References

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