''Desulfitobacterium dehalogenans'' is a species of bacteria. They are facultative organohalide respiring bacteria capable of reductively dechlorinating

chlorophenol A chlorophenol is any organochloride of phenol that contains one or more covalently bonded chlorine atoms. There are five basic types of chlorophenols (mono- to pentachlorophenol) and 19 different chlorophenols in total when positional isomerism i ...

ic compounds and

tetrachloroethene Tetrachloroethylene, also known under the systematic name tetrachloroethene, or perchloroethylene, and many other names (and abbreviations such as "perc" or "PERC", and "PCE"), is a chlorocarbon with the formula Cl2C=CCl2 . It is a colorless liq ...

. They are anaerobic,

motile Motility is the ability of an organism to move independently, using metabolic energy. Definitions Motility, the ability of an organism to move independently, using metabolic energy, can be contrasted with sessility, the state of organisms th ...

Gram-positive In bacteriology, gram-positive bacteria are bacteria that give a positive result in the Gram stain test, which is traditionally used to quickly classify bacteria into two broad categories according to their type of cell wall. Gram-positive bac ...

and rod-shaped bacteria capable of utilizing a wide range of electron donors and acceptors. The type strain JW/IU-DC^T, DSM 9161, NCBi taxonomy ID 756499. There are two described isolates from this species strains JW/IU-DC^T and PCE1. The genomes of both strains have been sequenced, none of the strains encodes any plasmids, in addition to six

reductive dehalogenases Reductive dehaholagenses ( EC 1.97.1.8) are a group of enzymes utilized in organohalide respiring bacteria. These enzymes are mostly attached to the periplasmic side of the cytoplasmic membrane and play a central role in energy-conserving respirat ...

, the genomes encodes a large number of genes for utilization of a range of electron donors and acceptors.

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LPSNType strain of ''Desulfitobacterium dehalogenans'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Gram-positive bacteria Bacteria described in 1994 {{clostridia-stub

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