cycloclasticus pugetii cycloclasticus pugetii cycloclasticus pugetii is a species of bacterium found in marine sediments. it is notable for being able to break down aromatic hydrocarbon, including naphthalene, phenanthrene, anthracene and toluene. it is an aerobic, gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium from the family piscirickettsiaceae, and it is motile by means of single polar flagellum. strain ps-1 is its type strain. it was named in honor of peter puget. cycloclasticus pugetii scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: gammaproteobacteria order: thiotrichales family: piscirickettsiaceae genus: cycloclasticus species: c. pugetii binomial name cycloclasticus pugetiidyksterhouse et al. 1995