# Alkanibacter

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{{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](/source/LPSN) |url=https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/alkanibacter}}</ref>
| species = difficilis
| authority =  Friedrich and Lipski 2008<ref name=Alkanibacte/>
}}

'''''Alkanibacter''''' is a [Gram-negative](/source/Gram-negative) genus of bacteria from the family [Nevskiaceae](/source/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](/source/biofilter) in [Hamm](/source/Hamm%2C_North_Rhine-Westphalia), [Germany](/source/Germany). It was published as a new genus and species alongside ''[Singularimonas variicoloris](/source/Singularimonas_variicoloris)'' (now merged into ''[Solimonas](/source/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

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