Cycloclasticus pugetii

Cycloclasticus pugetii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
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 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.

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

[DyksterhouseGray1995-1] Dyksterhouse, S. E.; Gray, J. P.; Herwig, R. P.; Lara, J. C.; Staley, J. T. (1995). "Cycloclasticus pugetii gen. nov., sp. nov., an Aromatic Hydrocarbon-Degrading Bacterium from Marine Sediments". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 45 (1): 116–123. doi:10.1099/00207713-45-1-116. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 7857792.

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