Dehalobacter restrictus

Dehalobacter restrictus is a species of bacteria in the phylum Bacillota. It is strictly anaerobic and reductively dechlorinates tetra- and trichloroethene. It does not form spores; it is a small, gram-positive rod with one lateral flagellum. PER-K23 is its type strain.

Dehalobacter restrictus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Bacillota
Class:	Clostridia
Order:	Clostridiales
Family:	Peptococcaceae
Genus:	Dehalobacter
Species:	Dehalobacter restrictus Holliger et al. 1998

Its name is Latin for “restricted”, referring to the limited substrate range utilized.

Further reading

• Maillard, J.; Schumacher, W.; Vazquez, F.; Regeard, C.; Hagen, W. R.; Holliger, C. (2003). "Characterization of the Corrinoid Iron-Sulfur Protein Tetrachloroethene Reductive Dehalogenase of Dehalobacter restrictus". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 69 (8): 4628–4638. doi:10.1128/AEM.69.8.4628-4638.2003. ISSN 0099-2240. PMC 169082. PMID 12902251.
• Rupakula, Aamani; Kruse, Thomas; Boeren, Sjef; Holliger, Christof; Smidt, Hauke; Maillard, Julien (2013). "The restricted metabolism of the obligate organohalide respiring bacterium Dehalobacter restrictus: lessons from tiered functional genomics". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 368 (1616): 20120325. doi:10.1098/rstb.2012.0325. PMC 3638465. PMID 23479754.

External links

• "Dehalobacter restrictus" at the Encyclopedia of Life
• LSPN
• Type strain of Dehalobacter restrictus at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase