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.

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