Domain Bacteria Family Peptococcaceae Phylum Firmicutes Order Clostridia | Class Clostridia Genus Desulfitobacterium Rank Species | |
Similar Desulfitobacterium, Clostridia, Dehalobacter, Geobacter metallireducens, Dehalococcoides | ||
Desulfitobacterium metallireducens is an anaerobic bacterium that couples growth to the reduction of metals and humic acids as well as chlorinated compounds. Its type strain is 853-15A(T) (= ATCC BAA-636(T)). It was first isolated from a uranium-contaminated quifer sediment.
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