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Some of the mechanisms for oil degradation and survival encoded by the A. borkumensis SK2 genome.

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	Both crude petroleum and refined oil contain a complex mixture of organic molecules, including a considerable fraction of linear, cyclic and branched aliphatic hydrocarbons. During oil spills, the various components are deposited on shorelines, sink in the seabed or remain in suspension in seawater. The niches for Alcanivorax borkumensis are probably located at the aerobic, alkane-rich areas of shorelines and the oxygen-rich layers of the oil-polluted sea surface. However, A. borkumensis cannot tackle contaminated anaerobic sediments, aromatic hydrocarbons or the heavier oil fractions.