Alkane-degrading bacterium. Desulfatibacillum aliphaticivorans strain:AK-01

Desulfatibacillum alkenivorans AK-01. Desulfatibacillum alkenivorans AK-01 was isolated from sediment from the Arthur Kill, NJ/NY waterway. This site has a history of contamination from petrochemical industry and strain AK-01 is able to degrade 13 to 18 carbon alkanes. This genome was originally submitted as Desulfatibacillum alkenivorans AK-01 but changed in April 2019 because of ANI results to Desulfatibacillum aliphaticivorans