aromatic hydrocarbon degradation

traitmech:000129 · CLASS · PROPOSED

A hydrocarbon degradation in which the substrate carries at least one aromatic ring.

Trait evidence (1)

DOI:10.1007/BF00058836
benzene, certain arenes, biphenyl and selected fused aromatic hydrocarbons

Smith reviews bacterial biodegradation of aromatic hydrocarbons as a distinct hydrocarbon-degradation branch.

Provenance

Identifier source: TraitMech local identifier
Definition source: DOI:10.1126/science.aaf4507

Parent traits (2)

Synonyms (1)

aromatic_hydrocarbon_degradation RELATED_SYNONYM · DOI:10.1126/science.aaf4507

kg-microbe context

No kg-microbe node embedding matched this record in the 2026-04-25 deepwalk.

Curation history

2026-09-08T00:00:00Z · PROPOSED_FROM_RESEARCH · codex
Proposed a DOI-backed FAPROTAX metabolic capability from proposals/metpo_traitmech_v11 after repository-wide duplicate review.