Desulfovibrio dechloracetivorans

Desulfovibrio dechloracetivorans
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Delta Proteobacteria
Order: Desulfovibrionales
Family: Desulfovibrionaceae
Genus: Desulfovibrio
Species: D. dechloracetivorans
Binomial name
Desulfovibrio dechloracetivorans
Sun et al. 2001

Desulfovibrio dechloracetivorans is a bacterium. It is a Gram-negative, anaerobic, motile, short curved rod that grows by coupling the reductive dechlorination of 2-chlorophenol to the oxidation of acetate.[1]

References

  1. Sun, B.; Cole, J. R.; Sanford, R. A.; Tiedje, J. M. (2000). "Isolation and Characterization of Desulfovibrio dechloracetivorans sp. nov., a Marine Dechlorinating Bacterium Growing by Coupling the Oxidation of Acetate to the Reductive Dechlorination of 2-Chlorophenol". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 66 (6): 2408–2413. doi:10.1128/AEM.66.6.2408-2413.2000. ISSN 0099-2240.

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