Thalassolituus oleivorans

Thalassolituus oleivorans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Oceanospirillales
Family: Oceanospirillaceae
Genus: Thalassolituus
Species:
T. oleivorans
Binomial name
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-1T (=DSM 14913T =LMG 21420T).[1]

References

  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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