comamonas terrigena comamonas terrigena comamonas terrigena is a gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium from the genus comamonas and the family of comamonadaceae, which was isolated from contaminated soil in slovakia. c. terrigena has the ability to degrade phenols. comamonas terrigena scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: betaproteobacteria order: burkholderiales family: comamonadaceae genus: comamonas species: c. terrigena binomial name comamonas terrigenade vos et al. 1985, sp. nov., nom. rev. type strain nctc 1937, ccug 15327, ccug 2185, cip 63.44, lmg 1253, lmg 5929, m. veron 31, ncib 8193, nrrl b-1055, nrrl b-781, r. hugh 247