Kingdom Bacteria Family Comamonadaceae Genus Polaromonas Order Burkholderiales | Class Betaproteobacteria Phylum Proteobacteria Rank Species | |
Similar Polaromonas, Comamonadaceae, Rhodoferax, Comamonas testosteroni, Alicycliphilus | ||
Polaromonas naphthalenivorans is a Gram-negative, oxidase- and catalase-positive, nonspore-forming, nonmotile bacterium from the genus Polaromonas, which was isolated from coal-tar contaminated freshwater sediment. P. naphthalenivorans has the ability to degrade naphthalene. Its colonies have a smooth and glistening surface.
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