Genus Dehalobacter
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Dehalobacter Holliger et al. 1998, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Dehalobacter restrictus Holliger et al. 1998.
Etymology: L. pref. de, from; N.L. n. halogenum, halogen; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Dehalobacter, a halogen-removing rod-shaped bacterium.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 66. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 631-632.
Effective publication: HOLLIGER (C.), HAHN (D.), HARMSEN (H.), LUDWIG (W.), SCHUMACHER (W.), TINDALL (B.), VAZQUEZ (F.), WEISS (N.) and ZEHNDER (A.J.B.): 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.
Validation List no. 66 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Dehalobacter restrictus Holliger et al. 1998, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) PER-K23 = DSM 9455.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: U84497.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. restrictus, limited, restricted, confined, referring to the limited substrate range utilized.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 66. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 631-632.
Effective publication: HOLLIGER (C.), HAHN (D.), HARMSEN (H.), LUDWIG (W.), SCHUMACHER (W.), TINDALL (B.), VAZQUEZ (F.), WEISS (N.) and ZEHNDER (A.J.B.): 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.
Validation List no. 66 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online