Desulfosarcina alkanivorans
| Desulfosarcina alkanivorans | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Thermodesulfobacteriota |
| Class: | Desulfobacteria |
| Order: | Desulfobacterales |
| Family: | Desulfosarcinaceae |
| Genus: | Desulfosarcina |
| Species: | D. alkanivorans
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| Binomial name | |
| Desulfosarcina alkanivorans Watanabe et al. 2017
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| Type strain | |
| DSM 103901, JCM 31728, strain PL12 | |
Desulfosarcina alkanivorans is a hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium from the genus of Desulfosarcina which has been isolated from oil contaminated marine sediments from Shuaiba in Kuwait.