Cycloclasticus pugetii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | "Proteobacteria" |
Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
Order: | Thiotrichales |
Family: | Piscirickettsiaceae |
Genus: | Cycloclasticus |
Species: | C. pugetii |
Binomial name | |
Cycloclasticus pugetii Dyksterhouse et al. 1995 |
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.