title: Alloalcanivorax xenomutans NIOT.M2S1WZ1 from cruise SAMA10 of Deep Ocean Mission
organism: Alloalcanivorax xenomutans
description: Hydrocarbon-degrading bacterial strain NIOT.M2S1WZ1 was isolated from the Arabian Sea seawater during cruise SAMA10 from station M-ASCS1 at a depth of 300 m. The microbe was characterized, and the whole genome was sequenced to support taxonomic identification and functional analysis of marine microbial diversity, under the Deep Ocean Mission, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India.