{{Short description|Genus of bacteria}} {{Italic title}} {{Automatic_taxobox | taxon = Marinobacter | authority = Gauthier ''et al.'' 1992 | type_species = ''Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus'' | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = ''M. adhaerens''<ref name=Marinobacter>{{cite web|url=https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/marinobacter |title=Marinobacter|author=A.C. Parte|publisher=LPSN|accessdate=2016-08-18}}</ref> <br> ''M. algicola'' <br> ''M. alkaliphilus'' <br> ''M. antarcticus''<ref name=Marinobacter/><br> ''M. arcticus'' <br> ''M. aromaticivorans''<ref name=Marinobacter/><br> ''M. bryozoorum'' <br> ''M. daepoensis'' <br> ''M. daqiaonensis''<ref name=Marinobacter/><br> ''M. excellens'' <br> ''M. flavimaris'' <br> ''M. gudaonensis''<ref name=Marinobacter/><br> ''M. guineae''<ref name=Marinobacter/><br> ''M. halophilus''<ref name=Marinobacter/><br> ''M. gudaonensis'' <br> ''M. halotolerans''<ref name=Marinobacter/><br> ''M. hydrocarbonoclasticus'' <br> ''M. koreensis'' <br> ''M. lacisalsi''<ref name=Marinobacter/><br> ''M. lipolyticus'' <br> ''M. litoralis'' <br> ''M. lutaoensis'' <br> ''M. maritimus'' <br> ''M. mobilis''<ref name=Marinobacter/><br> ''M. nitratireducens''<ref name=Marinobacter/><br> ''M. oulmenensis''<ref name=Marinobacter/><br> ''M. pelagius''<ref name=Marinobacter/><br> ''M. persicus''<ref name=Marinobacter/><br> ''M. psychrophilus''<ref name=Marinobacter/><br> ''M. salinus''<ref name=Marinobacter/><br> ''M. nanhaiticus''<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Gao | first1 = Wei | last2 = Cui | first2 = Zhisong | last3 = Li | first3 = Qian | last4 = Xu | first4 = Guangsu | last5 = Jia | first5 = Xingjun | last6 = Zheng | first6 = Li | year = 2013 | title = Marinobacter nanhaiticus sp. nov., polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium isolated from the sediment of the South China Sea | journal = Antonie van Leeuwenhoek | volume = 103 | issue = 3 | pages = 485–491 | doi = 10.1007/s10482-012-9830-z | pmid = 23117603 | s2cid = 8582717 }}</ref> <br> ''M. salarius''<ref name=Marinobacter/><br> ''M. salicampi''<ref name=Marinobacter/><br> ''M. salsuginis''<ref name=Marinobacter/><br> ''M. santoriniensis''<ref name=Marinobacter/><br> ''M. sediminum'' <br> ''M. segnicrescens''<ref name=Marinobacter/><br> ''M. shengliensis''<ref name=Marinobacter/><br> ''M. squalenivorans'' <br> ''M. similis''<ref name=Marinobacter/><br> ''M. szutsaonensis''<ref name=Marinobacter/><br> ''M. vinifirmus''<br> ''M. xestospongiae''<ref name=Marinobacter/><br> ''M. zhanjiangensis''<ref name=Marinobacter/><br> ''M. zhejiangensis''<ref name=Marinobacter/> }}
'''''Marinobacter''''' is a genus of bacteria found in sea water. They are also found in a variety of salt lakes.<ref name="microbiologyresearch.org">{{Cite journal|doi = 10.1099/ijsem.0.001653|title = ''Marinobacter halotolerans'' sp. nov., a halophilic bacterium isolated from a saltern crystallizing pond|year = 2017|last1 = Kim|first1 = Ju-Ok|last2 = Lee|first2 = Hyo-Jin|last3 = Han|first3 = Song-Ih|last4 = Whang|first4 = Kyung-Sook|journal = International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology|volume = 67|issue = 2|pages = 460–465|pmid = 27902258|doi-access = free}}</ref> A number of strains and species can degrade hydrocarbons.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Brito | first1 = E. M. S. | last2 = Guyoneaud | first2 = R. M. | last3 = Goñi-Urriza | first3 = M. | last4 = Ranchou-Peyruse | first4 = A. | last5 = Verbaere | first5 = A. | last6 = Crapez | first6 = M. A. C. | last7 = Wasserman | first7 = J. C. S. A. | last8 = Duran | first8 = R. | doi = 10.1016/j.resmic.2006.03.005 | title = Characterization of hydrocarbonoclastic bacterial communities from mangrove sediments in Guanabara Bay, Brazil | journal = Research in Microbiology | volume = 157 | issue = 8 | pages = 752–762 | year = 2006 | pmid = 16815684 | pmc = | doi-access = free }}</ref> The species involved in hydrocarbon degradation include ''M. alkaliphilus'', ''M. arcticus'', ''M. hydrocarbonoclasticus'', ''M. maritimus'', and ''M. squalenivorans''.<ref>{{cite journal | author=M.M. Yakimov, K.N. Timmis & P.N. Golyshin | year=2007 | title=Obligate oil-degrading marine bacteria | journal=Current Opinion in Biotechnology | volume=18 | pages=257–266 | doi=10.1016/j.copbio.2007.04.006 | pmid=17493798 | issue=3 | citeseerx=10.1.1.475.3300 }}</ref>
There are currently 46 species of ''Marinobacter'' that are characterized by Gram-negative rods and salt-tolerance.<ref name="microbiologyresearch.org"/>
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