Rhodococcus phenolicus

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| taxon = Rhodococcus phenolicus

| authority = Rehfuss and Urban 2006{{Cite journal

| last1 = Rehfuss | first1 = M.

| last2 = Urban | first2 = J.

| doi = 10.1016/j.syapm.2005.05.011

| title = Rhodococcus phenolicus sp. nov., a novel bioprocessor isolated actinomycete with the ability to degrade chlorobenzene, dichlorobenzene and phenol as sole carbon sources

| journal = Systematic and Applied Microbiology

| volume = 28

| issue = 8

| pages = 695–701

| year = 2005

| pmid = 16261859

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Rhodococcus phenolicus is a bacterium species in the genus Rhodococcus. Phenolicus comes from Neo-Latin noun phenol -olis, phenol; Latin masculine gender suff. -icus, suffix used in adjectives with the sense of belonging to; Neo-Latin masculine gender adjective phenolicus, belonging to phenol.

This species is able to degrade phenol as sole carbon source.