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Polaromonas naphthalenivorans

Polaromonas naphthalenivorans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Betaproteobacteria
Order: Burkholderiales
Family: Comamonadaceae
Genus: Polaromonas
Species: P. naphthalenivorans
Binomial name
Polaromonas naphthalenivorans
Jeon et al. 2004
Type strain
ATCC BAA-779, CCUG 51246, CJ2, DSM 15660

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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