rhodococcus phenolicus rhodococcus phenolicus 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 scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: actinomycetota class: actinomycetia order: mycobacteriales family: nocardiaceae genus: rhodococcus species: r. phenolicus binomial name rhodococcus phenolicusrehfuss and urban 2006