''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
In organochlorine chemistry, reductive dechlorination describes any chemical reaction which cleaves the covalent bond between carbon and chlorine via reductants, to release chloride ions. Many modalities have been implemented, depending on the a ...
of 3-chloro-4-
hydroxybenzoate.
References
Further reading
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*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
LPSN*
Type strain of ''Desulfitobacterium chlororespirans'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Peptococcaceae
Bacteria described in 2001
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