Ancylobacter dichloromethanicus | |
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Species: | A. dichloromethanicus |
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Ancylobacter dichloromethanicus Firsova et al. 2010 [1] | |
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DM16, DSM 21507, VKM B-2484 [2] | |
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Ancylobacter dichloromethanicum [3] |
Ancylobacter dichloromethanicus is an aerobic, Gram-negative bacteria from the family of Xanthobacteraceae which has been isolated from dichloromethane contaminated soil in Volgograd in Russia. [1] [4] [3] [5] Ancylobacter dichloromethanicus can use dichloromethane, methanol, formate and formaldehyde for its metabolism. [5]