Alcanivorax dieselolei (DSM 16502, CGMCC 1.3690, B-5)

Name: Alcanivorax dieselolei (DSM 16502, CGMCC 1.3690, B-5)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 394

Type strain

Strain Designation B-5

Culture col. no. DSM 16502 CGMCC 1.3690 B-5

NCBI tax ID(s) 285091

Special Collections DSMZ Literature strains

History DSMZ <- Z. Shao, State Oceanic Admin., Third Inst. Oceanography, China; B-5 <- C. Liu

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Alcanivorax dieselolei B-5 is an aerobe, halophilic, Gram-negative bacterium that forms irregular colonies and was isolated from oil-contaminated sea water at the Yellow River dock of Shengli oilfield.

Gram-negative motile rod-shaped colony-forming aerobe halophilic genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 138966

CGMCC 1.3690,DSM 16502

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:25:01

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Gammaproteobacteria

Order Oceanospirillales

Family Alcanivoracaceae

Genus Alcanivorax

Species Alcanivorax dieselolei

Full scientific name Alcanivorax dieselolei Liu and Shao 2005

Synonyms (1)

Alloalcanivorax dieselolei

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Alcanivorax dieselolei** (2)	Type strain
155621	A. dieselolei CCUG 58480
156418	A. dieselolei CCUG 61641

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell length	Cell width	Cell shape	Flagellum arrangement	Confidence
23284	negative	0.8-2.0 µm	0.3-0.7 µm	rod-shaped	lophotrichous
125438						90.229
125438	negative					98.5
125439	negative					93.522

Colony morphology

@ref	Colony color	Colony shape	Medium used
23284	translucent	irregular	HLB agar

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
6379	BACTO MARINE BROTH (DIFCO 2216) (DSMZ Medium 514)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: BACTO MARINE BROTH (DIFCO 2216) (DSMZ Medium 514; with strain-specific modifications) Composition: NaCl 19.45 g/l Na-pyruvate 10.0 g/l MgCl2 5.9 g/l Bacto peptone 5.0 g/l Na2SO4 3.24 g/l CaCl2 1.8 g/l Yeast extract 1.0 g/l KCl 0.55 g/l NaHCO3 0.16 g/l Fe(III) citrate 0.1 g/l KBr 0.08 g/l SrCl2 0.034 g/l H3BO3 0.022 g/l Na2HPO4 0.008 g/l Na-silicate 0.004 g/l NaF 0.0024 g/l (NH4)NO3 0.0016 g/l Distilled water
23284	HLB agar

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
6379	positive	growth	28
23284	positive	growth	15-45
23284	negative	growth	4
23284	positive	growth	45
23284	positive	optimum	28
23284

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

23284

Oxygen toleranceaerobe

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
23284
125438		95.514
125439		99.487

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration	Halophily level
23284					halophilic
23284	NaCl	positive	growth	1-15 %
23284	NaCl	positive	optimum	3-7.5 %
23284	NaCl		growth	0 %

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
23284	62064 ChEBI	2,3-butanediol	+	assimilation
23284	16724 ChEBI	4-hydroxybutyrate	-	assimilation
23284	18101 ChEBI	4-hydroxyphenylacetic acid	+	assimilation
23284	18101 ChEBI	4-hydroxyphenylacetic acid	+	carbon source
23284	30089 ChEBI	acetate	+	assimilation
23284	36219 ChEBI	alpha-lactose	-	assimilation
23284	8295 ChEBI	beta-hydroxybutyrate	+	assimilation
23284	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	-	assimilation
23284	16947 ChEBI	citrate	+	assimilation
23284	16947 ChEBI	citrate	+	carbon source
23284	18333 ChEBI	D-arabitol	-	assimilation
23284	15824 ChEBI	D-fructose	-	assimilation
23284	12936 ChEBI	D-galactose	-	assimilation
23284	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	assimilation
23284	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	assimilation
23284	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	-	assimilation
23284	17924 ChEBI	D-sorbitol	-	assimilation
23284	16551 ChEBI	D-trehalose	-	assimilation
23284	41808 ChEBI	decane	+	degradation
23284	46050 ChEBI	docosane	+	degradation
23284	28817 ChEBI	dodecane	+	degradation
23284	36020 ChEBI	dotriacontane	+	degradation
23284	17113 ChEBI	erythritol	-	assimilation
23284	28066 ChEBI	gentiobiose	-	assimilation
23284	32931 ChEBI	henicosane	+	degradation
23284	5659 ChEBI	hentriacontane	+	degradation
23284	32941 ChEBI	heptacosane	+	degradation
23284	16148 ChEBI	heptadecane	+	degradation
23284	43098 ChEBI	heptane	+	degradation
23284	32940 ChEBI	hexacosane	+	degradation
23284	45296 ChEBI	hexadecane	+	degradation
23284	29021 ChEBI	hexane	+	degradation
23284	72688 ChEBI	hexatriacontane	+	degradation
23284	43619 ChEBI	icosane	+	degradation
23284	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	-	assimilation
23284	18287 ChEBI	L-fucose	-	assimilation
23284	62345 ChEBI	L-rhamnose	-	assimilation
23284	24996 ChEBI	lactate	+	assimilation
23284	24996 ChEBI	lactate	+	carbon source
23284	6359 ChEBI	lactulose	-	assimilation
23284	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	assimilation
23284	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	-	assimilation
23284	320055 ChEBI	methyl beta-D-glucopyranoside	-	assimilation
23284	51850 ChEBI	methyl pyruvate	+	assimilation
23284	75146 ChEBI	monomethyl succinate	+	assimilation
23284	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	-	assimilation
23284	28037 ChEBI	N-acetylgalactosamine	-	assimilation
23284	506227 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	-	assimilation
23284	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
23284	7613 ChEBI	nonacosane	+	degradation
23284	32927 ChEBI	nonadecane	+	degradation
23284	32892 ChEBI	nonane	+	degradation
23284	32943 ChEBI	octacosane	+	degradation
23284	32926 ChEBI	octadecane	+	degradation
23284	17590 ChEBI	octane	+	degradation
23284	32938 ChEBI	pentacosane	+	degradation
23284	28897 ChEBI	pentadecane	+	degradation
23284	37830 ChEBI	pentane	+	degradation
23284		pentatriacontane	+	degradation
23284	17272 ChEBI	propionate	+	assimilation
23284	33951 ChEBI	psicose	-	assimilation
23284	15361 ChEBI	pyruvate	+	carbon source
23284	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	-	assimilation
23284	15963 ChEBI	ribitol	-	assimilation
23284	30031 ChEBI	succinate	+	assimilation
23284	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	assimilation
23284	32936 ChEBI	tetracosane	+	degradation
23284	41253 ChEBI	tetradecane	+	degradation
23284	87443 ChEBI	tetratriacontane	+	degradation
23284	31006 ChEBI	triacontane	+	degradation
23284	32934 ChEBI	tricosane	+	degradation
23284	35998 ChEBI	tridecane	+	degradation
23284	9751 ChEBI	tritriacontane	+	degradation
23284	32528 ChEBI	turanose	-	assimilation
23284	53423 ChEBI	tween 40	+	assimilation
23284	53426 ChEBI	tween 80	+	assimilation
23284	53426 ChEBI	tween 80	+	degradation
23284	46342 ChEBI	undecane	+	degradation
23284	17151 ChEBI	xylitol	-	assimilation

Antibiotic resistance

@ref	ChEBI	Metabolite
23284	2637	amikacin
23284	6104	kanamycin
23284	7507	neomycin
23284	8309	polymyxin b

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
23284	agarase	-	3.2.1.81
23284	amylase	-
23284	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6
23284	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
23284	cytochrome oxidase	+	1.9.3.1
23284	gelatinase	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Engineered	#Contamination	#Oil (Fuel)
#Environmental	#Aquatic	#Marine

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
6379	oil-contaminated sea water at the Yellow River dock of Shengli oilfield	Bohai Sea	China	CHN	Asia

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AY683537 (>99% sequence identity) for Alcanivorax from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	8225
Soil Samples	778
Animal Samples	1456
Plant Samples	237
Total Samples	10696

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
6379	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
66792	ASM1464457v1 assembly for Alloalcanivorax dieselolei CGMCC 1.3690	contig	GCA_014644575	285091.9	8068149711	285091	71.55

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
6379	Alcanivorax dieselolei strain B-5 clone 1 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AY683537	1504		285091
124043	Alcanivorax dieselolei strain CGMCC 1.3690 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	MT759958	1358		285091

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
6379	62.1
23284	62.1	high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: ASM1464457v1 assembly for Alloalcanivorax dieselolei CGMCC 1.3690
NCBI: GCA_014644575

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	aerobe	81.45	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	93.52	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	82.29	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	99.49	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Alcanivorax dieselolei strain CGMCC 1.3690
PATRIC: 285091.9

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	98.50	yes
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	94.93	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	95.51	yes
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	83.37	yes
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	96.99	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	yes	90.23	yes

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
	Two new siderophores produced by Pseudomonas sp. NCIMB 10586: The anti-oomycete non-ribosomal peptide synthetase-dependent mupirochelin and the NRPS-independent triabactin.	Grosse C, Brandt N, Van Antwerpen P, Wintjens R, Matthijs S.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2023.1143861	2023
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
Phylogeny	Alcanivorax dieselolei sp. nov., a novel alkane-degrading bacterium isolated from sea water and deep-sea sediment.	Liu C, Shao Z	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.63443-0	2005

References

#6379	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 16502
#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 )
#23284	Chenli Liu, Zongze Shao: Alcanivorax dieselolei sp. nov., a novel alkane-degrading bacterium isolated from sea water and deep-sea sediment. IJSEM 55: 1181 - 1186 2005 ( DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.63443-0 , PubMed 15879252 )
#66792	Julia Koblitz, Joaquim Sardà, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Boyke Bunk, Jörg Overmann: Automatically annotated for the DiASPora project (Digital Approaches for the Synthesis of Poorly Accessible Biodiversity Information) .
#69479	João F Matias Rodrigues, Janko Tackmann,Gregor Rot, Thomas SB Schmidt, Lukas Malfertheiner, Mihai Danaila,Marija Dmitrijeva, Daniela Gaio, Nicolas Näpflin and Christian von Mering. University of Zurich.: MicrobeAtlas 1.0 beta .
#124043	Isabel Schober, Julia Koblitz: Data extracted from sequence databases, automatically matched based on designation and taxonomy .
#125438	Julia Koblitz, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Rüdiger Pukall, Jörg Overmann: Predicting bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets. 2024 ( DOI 10.1101/2024.08.12.607695 )
#125439	Philipp Münch, René Mreches, Martin Binder, Hüseyin Anil Gündüz, Xiao-Yin To, Alice McHardy: deepG: Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 .
#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 dieselolei (DSM 16502, CGMCC 1.3690, B-5)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Halophily

Metabolite utilization

Antibiotic resistance

Enzymes

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_014644575

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

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