Resolution of culture Clostridium bifermentans DPH-1 into two populations, a Clostridium sp. and tetrachloroethene-dechlorinating Desulfitobacterium hafniense strain JH1

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 Oct;74(19):6141-3. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00994-08. Epub 2008 Aug 15.

Abstract

Clostridium bifermentans strain DPH-1 reportedly dechlorinates tetrachloroethene (PCE) to cis-1,2-dichloroethene. Cultivation-based approaches resolved the DPH-1 culture into two populations: a nondechlorinating Clostridium sp. and PCE-dechlorinating Desulfitobacterium hafniense strain JH1. Strain JH1 carries pceA, encoding a PCE reductive dehalogenase, and shares other characteristics with Desulfitobacterium hafniense strain Y51.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Clostridium bifermentans / classification*
  • Clostridium bifermentans / isolation & purification*
  • Clostridium bifermentans / metabolism
  • DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • DNA, Ribosomal / chemistry
  • DNA, Ribosomal / genetics
  • Desulfitobacterium / classification*
  • Desulfitobacterium / isolation & purification*
  • Desulfitobacterium / metabolism
  • Dichloroethylenes / metabolism
  • Genes, rRNA
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Phylogeny
  • RNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
  • Tetrachloroethylene / metabolism*

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial
  • DNA, Ribosomal
  • Dichloroethylenes
  • RNA, Bacterial
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
  • Tetrachloroethylene
  • 1,2-dichloroethylene

Associated data

  • GENBANK/EU523374
  • GENBANK/EU526032