| Desulfitobacterium chlororespirans | |
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| Species: | D. chlororespirans
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| Desulfitobacterium chlororespirans Sanford et al. 2001
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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]