Genome sequence of the ubiquitous hydrocarbon-degrading marine bacterium Alcanivorax borkumensis.

Schneiker, Susanne; A P Martins dos Santos, Vítor; Bartels, Daniela; Bekel, Thomas; Brecht, Martina; Buhrmester, Jens; N Chernikova, Tatyana; Denaro, Renata; Ferrer, Manuel; Gertler, Christoph; Goesmann, Alexander; V Golyshina, Olga; Kaminski, Filip; N Khachane, Amit; Lang, Siegmund; Linke, Burkhard; C McHardy, Alice; Meyer, Folker; Nechitaylo, Taras; Pühler, Alfred; Regenhardt, Daniela; Rupp, Oliver; S Sabirova, Julia; Selbitschka, Werner; M Yakimov, Michail; N Timmis, Kenneth; Vorhölter, Frank-Jörg; Weidner, Stefan; Kaiser, Olaf; N Golyshin, Peter

doi:10.1038/nbt1232

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Genome sequence of the ubiquitous hydrocarbon-degrading marine bacterium Alcanivorax borkumensis.

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Authors:

Susanne Schneiker

Vítor A P Martins dos Santos

Daniela Bartels

Abstract

Alcanivorax borkumensis is a cosmopolitan marine bacterium that uses oil hydrocarbons as its exclusive source of carbon and energy. Although barely detectable in unpolluted environments, A. borkumensis becomes the dominant microbe in oil-polluted waters. A. borkumensis SK2 has a streamlined genome w...

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