Dehalococcoides
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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.
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Dehalococcoides | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Chloroflexota |
Class: | Dehalococcoidia |
Order: | Dehalococcoidales |
Family: | Dehalococcoidaceae |
Genus: | Dehalococcoides Löffler et al. 2013[1] |
Type species | |
Dehalococcoides mccartyi Löffler et al. 2013 | |
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