Desulfosarcina alkanivorans PL12 is an anaerobe, Gram-negative, motile bacterium that was isolated from oil-polluted marine sediment, p-xylene-degrading sulfate-reducing enrichment culture.

Name and taxonomic classification:

Last LPSN update: 14-12-2023 (DD-MM-YYYY)

Domain: "Bacteria"

Phylum: Pseudomonadota

Class: Deltaproteobacteria

Order: Desulfobacterales

Family: Desulfobacteraceae

Genus: Desulfosarcina

Species: Desulfosarcina alkanivorans

Full Scientific Name (LPSN): Desulfosarcina alkanivorans Watanabe et al. 2017

Synonym: No

Culture medium:

Basal medium

DESULFOBACTER SP. MEDIUM (LACTATE) (DSMZ Medium 195c)

Temperature:

Growth 30 °C

Growth 18-37 °C

Optimum 30-34 °C

Temperature range:

mesophilic

pH:

Optimum 7.0-7.3

Growth 6.5-7.3

Oxygen tolerance:

anaerobe

Ability of spore formation: No

Isolation, sampling and environmental information:

Sample type/isolated from: oil-polluted marine sediment, p-xylene-degrading sulfate-reducing enrichment culture, p-xylene degarding sulfate-reducing enrichment culture established from petroleum-contaminated marine

Geographic location (country and/or sea, region): Shuaiba

Country: Kuwait

Country ISO 3 Code: KWT

Continent: Asia

Culture col. no.: DSM 103901, JCM 31728