Tags: Bacteria.
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.