Alcanivorax xenomutans (CIP 110657, KCTC 23751, NBRC 108843)

Name: Alcanivorax xenomutans (CIP 110657, KCTC 23751, NBRC 108843)
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BacDive ID 134459

Type strain

Strain Designation JC109

Culture col. no. CIP 110657 KCTC 23751 NBRC 108843 JC109

NCBI tax ID(s) 1094342

Special Collections KCTC CIP

History 2013, C. Sasikala, Jawaharlal Nehru Technol. Univ., Kukatpally, Hyderabad, India: strainJC109 CIP <- 2013, C. Sasikala, Jawaharlal Nehru Technol. Univ., Kukatpally, Hyderabad, India: strain JC109

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Alcanivorax xenomutans JC109 is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium of the family Alcanivoracaceae.

Gram-negative rod-shaped Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 413862

KCTC 23751,NBRC 108843,CIP 110657

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:32:12

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Gammaproteobacteria

Order Oceanospirillales

Family Alcanivoracaceae

Genus Alcanivorax

Species Alcanivorax xenomutans

Full scientific name Alcanivorax xenomutans Rahul et al. 2014

Synonyms (1)

Alloalcanivorax xenomutans

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility
32794	negative	rod-shaped

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Composition	Medium link
32794	MEDIUM 328- for nutrient agar		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Agar (15.000 g);Peptone (5.000g);Beef extract (3.000 g)
32794	CIP Medium 328			Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
32794	positive	growth	30

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Isolation date
32794			India	IND	Asia
32794	Environment, Sediment sample from a shrimp pond	Tamil Nadu, India	India	IND	Asia	2012-01-02

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
32794	1	Risk group (French classification)

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	Rapid Colonisation of Plastic Surfaces by Marine Alcanivorax Bacteria Is Flagellum-Dependent and Influenced by Polymer Type and Photo-Weathering State.	Davidov K, Itzahri S, Kartha A, Orr G, Lang Z, Navon-Venezia S, Oren M.	Environ Microbiol	10.1111/1462-2920.70102	2025
Metabolism	Beyond oil degradation: enzymatic potential of Alcanivorax to degrade natural and synthetic polyesters.	Zadjelovic V, Chhun A, Quareshy M, Silvano E, Hernandez-Fernaud JR, Aguilo-Ferretjans MM, Bosch R, Dorador C, Gibson MI, Christie-Oleza JA.	Environ Microbiol	10.1111/1462-2920.14947	2020
Phylogeny	Alcanivorax xenomutans sp. nov., a hydrocarbonoclastic bacterium isolated from a shrimp cultivation pond.	Rahul K, Sasikala C, Tushar L, Debadrita R, Ramana CV	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.061168-0	2014

References

#20215	Parte, A.C., Sardà Carbasse, J., Meier-Kolthoff, J.P., Reimer, L.C. and Göker, M.: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. IJSEM ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 )
#32794	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 110657
#126262	A. Lissin, I. Schober, J. F. Witte, H. Lüken, A. Podstawka, J. Koblitz, B. Bunk, P. Dawyndt, P. Vandamme, P. de Vos, J. Overmann, L. C. Reimer: StrainInfo—the central database for linked microbial strain identifiers. ( DOI 10.1093/database/baaf059 )

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Alcanivorax xenomutans (CIP 110657, KCTC 23751, NBRC 108843)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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