alcanivorax dieselolei alcanivorax dieselolei alcanivorax dieselolei is a species of alkane-degrading bacteria. its genome has been sequenced. it is halophilic, aerobic, gram-negative, non-spore-forming, catalase- and oxidase-positive, motile and rod-shaped. its type strain is b-5t (=dsm 16502t =cgmcc 1.3690t). alcanivorax dieselolei scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: gammaproteobacteria order: oceanospirillales family: alcanivoracaceae genus: alcanivorax species: a. dieselolei binomial name alcanivorax dieseloleiliu and shao 2005