Ancylobacter dichloromethanicus

Ancylobacter dichloromethanicus
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Hyphomicrobiales
Family: Xanthobacteraceae
Genus: Ancylobacter
Species:
A. dichloromethanicus
Binomial name
Ancylobacter dichloromethanicus
Firsova et al. 2010
Type strain
DM16, DSM 21507, VKM B-2484
Synonyms

Ancylobacter dichloromethanicum

Ancylobacter dichloromethanicus is an aerobic, Gram-negative bacteria from the family Xanthobacteraceae which has been isolated from dichloromethane contaminated soil in Volgograd in Russia. Ancylobacter dichloromethanicus can use dichloromethane, methanol, formate and formaldehyde for its metabolism.