Desulfitobacterium chlororespirans

Desulfitobacterium chlororespirans
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D. chlororespirans
Binomial name
Desulfitobacterium chlororespirans
Sanford et al. 2001

Desulfitobacterium chlororespirans is a Gram-positive, anaerobic, spore-forming species of bacteria. Its type strain is Co23 (= ATCC 700175 = DSM 11544). It grows by coupling the oxidation of lactate to the reductive dechlorination of 3-chloro-4-hydroxybenzoate.[1]

References

  1. Sanford RA, Cole JR, Löffler FE, Tiedje JM (October 1996). "Characterization of Desulfitobacterium chlororespirans sp. nov., which grows by coupling the oxidation of lactate to the reductive dechlorination of 3-chloro-4-hydroxybenzoate". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 62 (10): 3800–8. doi:10.1128/AEM.62.10.3800-3808.1996. PMC 168189. PMID 8837437.

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