Name: Alcanivorax mobilis Yang et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mo’bi.lis L. masc./fem. adj. mobilis, motile

Gender: masculine

Type strains: KCTC 52985; MCCC 1A11581; MT13131

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MF187461 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yang S, Li M, Lai Q, Li G, Shao Z. Alcanivorax mobilis sp. nov., a new hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium isolated from deep-sea sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1639-1643.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2413-2415.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Alcanivorax Yakimov et al. 1998

Assigned by: Yang S, Li M, Lai Q, Li G, Shao Z. Alcanivorax mobilis sp. nov., a new hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium isolated from deep-sea sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1639-1643.

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