Capable of anaerobically degrading benzene, perchlorate reduction and oxidizing chlorobenzoate, toluene, xylene, Fe(II) and H2S.
Initially isolated from Potomac River sludge contaminated with BTEX compounds (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene).
Salinero KK, Keller K, Feil WS, Feil H, Trong S, Di Bartolo G, Lapidus A
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Metabolic analysis of the soil microbe Dechloromonas aromatica str. RCB: indications of a surprisingly complex life-style and cryptic anaerobic pathways for aromatic degradation.
