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
| pmc =
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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.
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External links
- {{NCBI taxid|263849}}
- [http://bacdive.dsmz.de/index.php?search=11042&submit=Search Type strain of Rhodococcus phenolicus at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase]
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Category:Bacteria described in 2006
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