Dehalococcoides
≈ 1 min read
Names in other languages
No names in other languages are held for this entry yet.
Article bodies are English and are not machine-translated. A name in another language is not a translation of the article.
Dehalococcoides is a genus of obligately anaerobic bacteria within the class Dehalococcoidia. These microbes have an irregular coccus morphology and lack a peptidoglycan cell wall. They can commonly be found in environments lacking oxygen such as, contaminated soil, groundwater, etc. They obtain their energy via the oxidation of hydrogen and subsequent reductive dehalogenation of halogenated organic compounds. This metabolic characteristic makes them significant in the degradation of pollutants and especially valuable to research because of their potential with bioremediation efforts.
Dehalococcoides is a genus of obligately anaerobic bacteria within the class Dehalococcoidia. These microbes have an irregular coccus morphology and lack a peptidoglycan cell wall. They can commonly be found in environments lacking oxygen such as, contaminated soil, groundwater, etc. They obtain their energy via the oxidation of hydrogen and subsequent reductive dehalogenation of halogenated organic compounds. This metabolic characteristic makes them significant in the degradation of pollutants and especially valuable to research because of their potential with bioremediation efforts.
Text derived from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1378514138 under CC BY-SA 4.0; modifications have been made.