Dechloromonas aromatica

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.[2][3]

Dechloromonas aromatica
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D. aromatica
Binomial name
Dechloromonas aromatica
Cavalier-Smith 2002[1]

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