Dechloromonas aromatica Cavalier-Smith, 2002
- Dataset
- English Wikipedia - Species Pages
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- phylum
- Pseudomonadota
- class
- Betaproteobacteria
- order
- Rhodocyclales
- family
- Rhodocyclaceae
- genus
- Dechloromonas
- species
- Dechloromonas aromatica
Abstract
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.