Alcanivorax

Alcanivorax is an alkane-degrading marine bacterium which propagates and becomes predominant in crude-oil-containing seawater when nitrogen and phosphorus nutrients are supplemented.cite book |author=Martins VAP et al|year=2008|chapter=Genomic Insights into Oil Biodegradation in Marine Systems|title=Microbial Biodegradation: Genomics and Molecular Biology|publisher=Caister Academic Press|id= ISBN 978-1-904455-17-2]

Oil Biodegradation

Petroleum oil is toxic for most life forms and pollution of the environment by oil causes major ecological problems. A considerable amount of petroleum oil entering the sea is eliminated by the microbial biodegradation activities of microbial communities. "Alcanivorax borkumensis" is a recently discovered hydrocarbonoclastic bacterium and is probably the most important global oil degrader.cite book |author=Martins VAP et al|year=2008|chapter=Genomic Insights into Oil Biodegradation in Marine Systems|title=Microbial Biodegradation: Genomics and Molecular Biology|publisher=Caister Academic Press|id= ISBN 978-1-904455-17-2]

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External links

* [http://www.horizonpress.com/gateway/biodegradation.html Microbial Biodegradation, Bioremediation and Biotransformation]