desulfosarcina alkanivorans desulfosarcina alkanivorans desulfosarcina alkanivorans is a hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium from the genus of desulfosarcina which has been isolated from oil contaminated marine sediments from shuaiba in kuwait. desulfosarcina alkanivorans scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: thermodesulfobacteriota class: desulfobacteria order: desulfobacterales family: desulfosarcinaceae genus: desulfosarcina species: d. alkanivorans binomial name desulfosarcina alkanivoranswatanabe et al. 2017 type strain dsm 103901, jcm 31728, strain pl12