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Tolumonas

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Domain
  
Bacteria

Phylum
  
Proteobacteria

Rank
  
Genus

Kingdom
  
Eubacteria

Family
  
Aeromonadaceae

Higher classification
  
Aeromonadaceae

Order
  
Aeromonadales

Similar
  
Bacteria, Aeromonadaceae, Proteobacteria, Gammaproteobacteria, Enhydrobacter

Tolumonas is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria. It grows under aerobic and anaerobic conditions and is nonmotile. The cells are rods and occur in pairs or singly. It is known for one of its species biological bacterial production of toluene from phenylalanine and other phenyl precursors

References

Tolumonas Wikipedia