Dechloromonas aromatica

Dechloromonas aromatica is a gram negative, facultative anaerobe bacterium from the genus of Dechloromonas which was isolated of the Potomac River sludge in the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States and occurs in environment soil. Dechloromonas aromatica has the ability to degrade benzene anaerobically, reduce perchlorate and oxidize chlorobenzoate, toluene and xylene.^[2][3]

Dechloromonas aromatica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Betaproteobacteria
Order:	Rhodocyclales
Family:	Rhodocyclaceae
Genus:	Dechloromonas
Species:	D. aromatica
Binomial name
Dechloromonas aromatica Cavalier-Smith 2002[1]