Rhodococcus phenolicus
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| Rhodococcus phenolicus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Actinobacteria |
| Order: | Actinomycetales |
| Suborder: | Corynebacterineae |
| Family: | Nocardiaceae |
| Genus: | Rhodococcus |
| Species: | R. phenolicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhodococcus phenolicus Rehfuss and Urban, 2006[1] | |
Rhodococcus phenolicus is a bacterium species in the genus Rhodococcus. Phenolicus comes from New Latin noun phenol -olis, phenol; Latin masculine gender suff. -icus, suffix used in adjectives with the sense of belonging to; New Latin masculine gender adjective phenolicus, belonging to phenol.) This species is able to degrade phenol as sole carbon source.
References
- ↑ Rehfuss, M.; Urban, J. (2005). "Rhodococcus phenolicus sp. nov., a novel bioprocessor isolated actinomycete with the ability to degrade chlorobenzene, dichlorobenzene and phenol as sole carbon sources". Systematic and Applied Microbiology 28 (8): 695–701. doi:10.1016/j.syapm.2005.05.011. PMID 16261859.
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