| tranquillimonas alkanivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., an alkane-degrading bacterium isolated from semarang port in indonesia. | strain a34(t), an obligately halophilic, gram-negative, non-motile, rod-shaped bacterium, was isolated from seawater obtained from semarang port in indonesia. it possesses a pink pigment and degrades short-chain alkanes. it is positive for catalase and oxidase and reduces nitrate to nitrite. analyses of 16s rrna gene sequences revealed a clear affiliation of this strain with the family 'rhodobacteraceae' in the class alphaproteobacteria, with its closest relatives being salipiger mucosus a3(t) ( ... | 2008 | 18768615 |