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. 1992 Sep;58(9):2874-8.
doi: 10.1128/aem.58.9.2874-2878.1992.

Isolation and characterization of an anaerobic chlorophenol-transforming bacterium

T Madsen  1 , D Licht
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Isolation and characterization of an anaerobic chlorophenol-transforming bacterium

T Madsen et al. Appl Environ Microbiol. 1992 Sep.

Abstract

An obligately anaerobic bacterium which transforms several chlorinated phenols was isolated. Dechlorination of the substituents ortho to the phenolic OH group was preferred, while removal of a meta-substituted chlorine was observed only with 3,5-dichlorophenol. The bacterium was a gram-positive, endospore-forming, motile, slightly curved rod. Sulfate was not reduced. Nitrate was reduced via nitrite to ammonium. The bacterium is related to the genus Clostridium. The highest growth rate was obtained in a medium containing pyruvate and yeast extract. Pyruvate supported growth as the sole source of carbon, and the fermentation of pyruvate produced almost equimolar amounts of acetate.

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