Desulfitobacterium chlororespirans

Desulfitobacterium chlororespirans
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Firmicutes
Class:	Clostridia
Order:	Clostridiales
Family:
Genus:	Desulfitobacterium
Species:	D. chlororespirans
Binomial name
Desulfitobacterium chlororespirans Sanford et al. 2001

Desulfitobacterium chlororespirans is a Gram-positive, anaerobic, spore-forming species of bacteria. Its type strain is Co23 (= ATCC 700175 = DSM 11544). It grows by coupling the oxidation of lactate to the reductive dechlorination of 3-chloro-4-hydroxybenzoate.

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