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Alicycliphilus is a gram-negative, non-spore-forming facultative anaerobe.[1] It is a part of the Comamonadaceae family of the Proteobacteria.[2]

Many species in the Alicycliphilus genus have been identified in landfills, contaminated watercourses, and in sewage sludge from wastewater treatment plants.[3] Originally believed to be Pseudomonas sp., it was eventually determined, through 16S rRNA sequencing that it belonged to the Comomonadaceae family.[4] A large proportion of organisms in this genus utilize oxygen, nitrate and chlorate terminal electron acceptors for these types of environments.[5] This information given on these species of the genus Alicycliphilus provide potential opportunities for ecological restoration, specifically bioremediation.

Alicycliphilus denitrificans are able to degrade hydrocarbons in the environment under both oxic and anoxic conditions. [6] Both strains of Alicycliphilus Denitrificans can use nitrate, oxygen, and nitrite as electron acceptors. [7]

C.J. Solís-González, H. Loza-Tavera. 19/1/2019. Alicycliphilus: current knowledge and potenrial for bioremediation of xenobiotics.[8] Journal of Applied Microbiology. Volume 126 (Issue 6):Summary

Claudia Julieta Solís-González, Lilianha Domínguez-Malfavón, Martín Vargas-Suárez, Itzel Gaytán, Miguel Ángel Cevallos, Luis Lozano, M. Javier Cruz-Gómez, Herminia Loza-Taverna.10/15/2017. Novel Metabolic Pathway for N-Methylpyrrolidone Degradation in Alicycliphilus sp. Strain BQ1.[9]American Society for Microbiology. 84(1): Absract

Alejandro Oceguera-Cervantes, Agustín Carrillo-García, Nestor Lopez, Sanda Bolanos-Nunez, M. Javier Cruz-Gomez, Carmen Wacher, Herminia Loa-Taverna. 8/01/2017. Characterization of the Polyurethanolytic Activity of Two Alicycliphilus sp. Strains Able to Degrade Polyurethane and N-Methylpyrrolidone. [10] American Society for Microbiology. 73(19)

Tahar Mechichi, Erko Stackebrandt, George Fuchs. 01/2003. Alicycliphilus denitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov., a cyclohexanol-degrading, nitrate-reducing beta-proteobacterium. [11] National Library of Medicine. 53(1)

Sander A B Weelkink, Nico C G Tan, Harm ten Broeke, Corné van den Kieboom, Wim van Doesburg, Alette A M Langenhoff, Jan Gerritse, Howard Junca, Alfons J M Stams. 9/12/2008. Isolation and characterization of Alicycliphilus denitrificans strain BC, which grows on benzene with chlorate as the electron acceptor. [12] National Library of Medidine. 74(21)