Alkanibacter
Genus of bacteria
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alkanibacter is a Gram-negative genus of bacteria from the family Nevskiaceae with one known species, Alkanibacter difficilis.[1][2][3][4]
| Alkanibacter | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Nevskiales |
| Family: | Nevskiaceae |
| Genus: | Alkanibacter Friedrich and Lipski 2008[1] |
| Species: | A. difficilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Alkanibacter difficilis Friedrich and Lipski 2008[1] | |
Alkanibacter difficilis was first isolated from a hexane-degrading biofilter in Hamm, Germany. It was published as a new genus and species alongside Singularimonas variicoloris (now merged into Solimonas).[2][5]
