Biology:Brachymonas petroleovorans

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Short description: Species of bacterium

Brachymonas petroleovorans
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Betaproteobacteria
Order: Burkholderiales
Family: Comamonadaceae
Genus: Brachymonas
Species:
B. petroleovorans
Binomial name
Brachymonas petroleovorans
Rouviere and Chen 2003

Brachymonas petroleovorans is a Gram-negative, aerobic bacterium from the genus Brachymonas and family Comamonadaceae, which was isolated from a wastewater plant of a petroleum refinery.[1] B. petroleovorans has the ability to degrade cyclohexane and aromatic compounds such as toluene and m-cresol.[2]

References

  1. "Isolation ofBrachymonas petroleovoransCHX, a novel cyclohexane-degrading β-proteobacterium". FEMS Microbiology Letters 227: 101–106. doi:10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00655-4. 
  2. "Isolation ofBrachymonas petroleovoransCHX, a novel cyclohexane-degrading β-proteobacterium". FEMS Microbiology Letters 227: 101–106. doi:10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00655-4. 

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