Rhodococcus phenolicus is a bacterium species in the genus Rhodococcus. Phenolicus comes from Neo-Latin noun phenol -olis, phenol; Latin masculine gender suff. -icus, suffix used in adjectives with the sense of belonging to; Neo-Latin masculine gender adjective phenolicus, belonging to phenol. This species is able to degrade phenol as sole carbon source.
| Rhodococcus phenolicus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
| Class: | Actinomycetia |
| Order: | Mycobacteriales |
| Family: | Nocardiaceae |
| Genus: | Rhodococcus |
| Species: |
R. phenolicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Rhodococcus phenolicus Rehfuss and Urban 2006[1] | |
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