Alkanibacter

{{Short description|Genus of bacteria}} {{Speciesbox | genus = Alkanibacter | parent_authority = Friedrich and Lipski 2008<ref name=Alkanibacte>{{cite journal |last1=Parte |first1=A.C. |title=Alkanibacter |journal=LPSN |url=https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/alkanibacter}}</ref> | species = difficilis | authority = Friedrich and Lipski 2008<ref name=Alkanibacte/> }}

'''''Alkanibacter''''' is a Gram-negative genus of bacteria from the family Nevskiaceae with one known species, '''''Alkanibacter difficilis'''''.<ref name=Alkanibacte/><ref name=PMID>{{cite journal |last1=Friedrich |first1=MM |last2=Lipski |first2=A |title=Alkanibacter difficilis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Singularimonas variicoloris gen. nov., sp. nov., hexane-degrading bacteria isolated from a hexane-treated biofilter. |journal=International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology |date=October 2008 |volume=58 |issue=Pt 10 |pages=2324–9 |doi=10.1099/ijs.0.65517-0 |pmid=18842850|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Alkanibacter |website=www.uniprot.org |url=https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/568387 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Parker |first1=Charles Thomas |last2=Wigley |first2=Sarah |last3=Garrity |first3=George M |editor2-first=George M |editor2-last=Garrity |editor1-first=Charles Thomas |editor1-last=Parker |title=Taxonomic Abstract for the genera. |journal=The NamesforLife Abstracts |date=1 January 2003 |doi=10.1601/tx.13057 |language=en}}</ref>

''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'').<ref name=PMID/><ref>{{cite journal |title=Details: DSM-14804 |website=www.dsmz.de |url=https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-14804.html |language=en}}</ref>

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Category:Gammaproteobacteria Category:Monotypic bacteria genera