Dehalococcoides

Dehalococcoides
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Chloroflexota
Class: Dehalococcoidia
Order: Dehalococcoidales
Family: Dehalococcoidaceae
Genus:
Löffler et al. 2013[1]
Species:
D. mccartyi
Binomial name
Dehalococcoides mccartyi
Löffler et al. 2013
Synonyms
  • "Dehalococcoides" Maymo-Gatell et al. 1997
  • "Dehalococcoides ethenogenes" Maymo-Gatell et al. 1997

Dehalococcoides is a genus of bacteria within class Dehalococcoidia that obtain energy via the oxidation of hydrogen and subsequent reductive dehalogenation of halogenated organic compounds in a mode of anaerobic respiration called organohalide respiration.[2] They are well known for their great potential to remediate halogenated ethenes and aromatics. They are the only bacteria known to transform highly chlorinated dioxins, PCBs. In addition, they are the only known bacteria to transform tetrachloroethene (perchloroethene, PCE) to ethene.

  1. ^ Löffler FE, Yan J, Ritalahti KM, Adrian L, Edwards EA, Konstantinidis KT, Muller JA, Fullerton H, Zinder SH, Spormann AM. (2013). "Dehalococcoides mccartyi gen. nov., sp. nov., obligately organohalide-respiring anaerobic bacteria relevant to halogen cycling and bioremediation, belong to a novel bacterial class, Dehalococcoidia classis nov., order Dehalococcoidales ord. nov. and family Dehalococcoidaceae fam. nov., within the phylum Chloroflexi". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 63 (Pt 2): 625–635. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.034926-0. PMID 22544797.
  2. ^ "Dehalococcoides". NCIB Taxonomy Browser.
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