Dehalobacter Holliger et al. 1998
General information
Name
Dehalobacter
Valid publication
1998
Effective publication
1998
Lineage
Root.
Bacteria.
Firmicutes.
Clostridia.
Clostridiales.
Peptococcaceae.
Dehalobacter
Nomenclature type
Dehalobacter restrictus
Etymology
L. pref. <i>de</i>, from; N.L. n. <i>halogenum</i>, halogen; N.L. masc. n. <i>bacter</i>, a rod; N.L. masc. n. <i>Dehalobacter</i>, a halogen-removing rod-shaped bacterium.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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Dehalobacter, a halogen-removing, rod-shaped bacterium. The description of this genus is the same as that of Dehalobacter restrictus, the type species.
Subdivision(s)
MID | Name | Rank | Taxon ID |
---|---|---|---|
M021702011102001 | Dehalobacter restrictus | Species | 55583 |
References
1
Holliger, C., Hahn, D., Harmsen, H., Ludwig, W., Schumacher, W., Tindall, B., Vazquez, F., Weiss, N., and Zehnder, A.J. Dehalobacter restrictus gen. nov. and sp. nov., a strictly anaerobic bacterium that reductively dechlorinates tetra- and trichloroethene in an anaerobic respiration. Arch. Microbiol. (1998) 169:313-321.[DOI:10.1007/s002030050577]
[PMID:9531632]
2
Validation List No. 66. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1998) 48:631-632.[DOI:10.1099/00207713-48-3-631]