Phylum "Proteobacteria" | Rank Species | |
Similar Thalassolituus oleivorans, Alcanivorax borkumensis, Alcanivorax, Oleispira antarctica, Marinobacter | ||
Cycloclasticus pugetii is a species of bacteria, named in honor of Peter Puget. It is found in marine sediments. It is notable for being an aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria (including naphthalene, phenanthrene, anthracene and toluene). It is aerobic, gram-negative, rod-shaped and motile by means of single polar flagella. Strain PS-1 is its type strain.
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