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Dechloromonas aromatica

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Species of bacterium

Dechloromonas aromatica
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Betaproteobacteria
Order: Rhodocyclales
Family: Rhodocyclaceae
Genus: Dechloromonas
Species: D. aromatica
Binomial name
Dechloromonas aromatica
Cavalier-Smith 2002

Dechloromonas aromatica is a gram negative, facultative anaerobe bacterium from the genus of Dechloromonas which was isolated of the Potomac River sludge in the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States and occurs in environment soil. Dechloromonas aromatica has the ability to degrade benzene anaerobically, reduce perchlorate and oxidize chlorobenzoate, toluene and xylene.

References

  1. "Dechloromonas aromatica RCB Proteobacteria". biocyc.org. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  2. "Dechloromonas aromatica (strain RCB)". omabrowser.org. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  3. "Metabolic analysis of the soil microbe Dechloromonas aromatica str. RCB: indications of a surprisingly complex life-style and cryptic anaerobic pathways for aromatic degradation | BMC Genomics | Full Text". biomedcentral.com. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
Taxon identifiers
Dechloromonas aromatica


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