olivibacter oleidegradans olivibacter oleidegradans olivibacter oleidegradans is a gram-negative, obligately aerobic, non-spore-forming, rod-shaped and non-motile bacterium from the genus of olivibacter which has been isolated from a biofilter in hungary. olivibacter oleidegradans has the ability to degrade hydrocarbon. olivibacter oleidegradans scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: sphingobacteriia order: sphingobacteriales family: sphingobacteriaceae genus: olivibacter species: o. oleidegradans binomial name olivibacter oleidegradansszabó et al. 2011 type strain ccm 7765, ncaim b 02393, ncaimb 02393, tbf2/20.2 synonyms olivibacter petrodegradans