marinobacter squalenivorans marinobacter squalenivorans marinobacter squalenivorans is a bacterium from the genus of marinobacter which can metabolize shark oil. marinobacter squalenivorans scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: gammaproteobacteria order: alteromonadales family: alteromonadaceae genus: marinobacter species: m. squalenivoransrontani et al. 2003 binomial name marinobacter squalenivorans type strain 2asq64