Biology:Desulfitobacterium chlororespirans

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Short description: Species of bacterium


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

Further reading

  • "The Desulfitobacterium genus". FEMS Microbiology Reviews 30 (5): 706–33. September 2006. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6976.2006.00029.x. PMID 16911041. 
  • Krasotkina, J. (2001). "Characterization of the B12- and Iron-Sulfur-containing Reductive Dehalogenase from Desulfitobacterium chlororespirans". Journal of Biological Chemistry 276 (44): 40991–40997. doi:10.1074/jbc.M106217200. ISSN 0021-9258. PMID 11533062. 
  • Loffler, Frank E., Robert A. Sanford, and James M. Tiedje. "Initial Characterization of a Reductive Dehalogenase from Desulfitobacterium chlororespirans Co23." Applied and Environmental Microbiology 62.10 (1996): 3809–3813.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3706076 entry