Dehalobacter restrictus

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Dehalobacter restrictus
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Bacillota
Class:
Clostridia
Order:
Clostridiales
Family:
Peptococcaceae
Genus:
Dehalobacter
Species:
D. restrictus
Binomial name
Dehalobacter restrictus
Holliger et al. 1998

Dehalobacter restrictus is a species of bacteria in the phylum Bacillota. It is strictly anaerobic and reductively dechlorinates tetra- and trichloroethene. It does not form spores; it is a small, gram-positive rod with one lateral flagellum. PER-K23 is its type strain. [1]

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Its name is Latin for "restricted", referring to the limited substrate range utilized.

References

  1. ↑ Holliger, C.; Hahn, Dittmar; Harmsen, Hermie; Ludwig, Wolfgang; Schumacher, Wolfram; Tindall, Brian; Vazquez, Francisco; Weiss, Norbert; Zehnder, Alexander J. B. (1998). "Dehalobacter restrictus gen. nov. and sp. nov., a strictly anaerobic bacterium that reductively dechlorinates tetra- and trichloroethene in an anaerobic respiration". Archives of Microbiology. 169 (4): 313–321. doi: 10.1007/s002030050577 . ISSN   0302-8933. PMID   9531632. S2CID   28240866.

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