Environmental isolate that is capable of anerobic oxidation of benzene. Dechloromonas aromatica RCB

Dechloromonas aromatica strain RCB. This strain was enriched as a hydrocarbon-oxidizing chlorate-reducer from the Potomac River, Maryland, USA. This organism is the first one to have the capability of benzene oxidation in pure anaerobic culture by coupling it to nitrate reduction which is of importance due to the anaerobic environments often found in bioremediation projects. It can reduce perchlorate and chlorate to chloride.