Dechloromonas aromatica | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
Class: | Betaproteobacteria |
Order: | Rhodocyclales |
Family: | Azonexaceae |
Genus: | Dechloromonas |
Species: | D. aromatica |
Binomial name | |
Dechloromonas aromatica Cavalier-Smith 2002 [1] |
Dechloromonas aromatica is a gram negative, facultative anaerobe bacterium from the genus 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. [2] [3]