Cycloclasticus pugetii explained

Cycloclasticus pugetii is a species of bacterium found in marine sediments. It is notable for being able to break down aromatic hydrocarbon, including naphthalene, phenanthrene, anthracene and toluene. It is an aerobic, gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium from the family Piscirickettsiaceae, and it is motile by means of single polar flagellum. Strain PS-1 is its type strain.^[1] It was named in honor of Peter Puget.

Further reading

• Geiselbrecht, Allison D., et al. "Isolation of marine polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)-degrading Cycloclasticus strains from the Gulf of Mexico and comparison of their PAH degradation ability with that of Puget Sound Cycloclasticus strains." Applied and Environmental Microbiology 64.12 (1998): 4703–4710.
• Maruyama. A.. Ishiwata. H.. Kitamura. K.. Sunamura. M.. Fujita. T.. Matsuo. M.. Higashihara. T.. Dynamics of Microbial Populations and Strong Selection for Cycloclasticus pugetii following the Nakhodka Oil Spill. Microbial Ecology. 46. 4. 2003. 442–453. 0095-3628. 10.1007/s00248-002-3010-z. 12904913. 21849775.

External links

• • WORMS entry
• LPSN

Notes and References

1. Dyksterhouse. S. E.. Gray. J. P.. Herwig. R. P.. Lara. J. C.. Staley. J. T.. Cycloclasticus pugetii gen. nov., sp. nov., an Aromatic Hydrocarbon-Degrading Bacterium from Marine Sediments. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 45. 1. 1995. 116–123. 0020-7713. 10.1099/00207713-45-1-116. 7857792. free.