Desulfitobacterium chlororespirans

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]

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

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  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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