title: Description of Sulfurospirillum halorespirans sp. nov., an anaerobic, tetrachloroethene-respiring bacterium, and transfer of Dehalospirillum multivorans to the genus Sulfurospirillum as Sulfurospirillum multivorans comb. nov.
abstract: An anaerobic, halorespiring bacterium (strain PCE-M2(T) = DSM 13726(T) = ATCC BAA-583(T)) able to reduce tetrachloroethene to cis-dichloroethene was isolated from an anaerobic soil polluted with chlorinated aliphatic compounds. The isolate is assigned to the genus Sulfurospirillum as a novel species, Sulfurospirillum halorespirans sp. nov. Furthermore, on the basis of all available data, a related organism, Dehalospirillum multivorans DSM 12446(T), is reclassified to the genus Sulfurospirillum as Sulfurospirillum multivorans comb. nov.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University, H. v. Suchtelenweg 4, 6703 CT Wageningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Maurice L G C
authors.initials: MLGC
authors.lastname: Luijten
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University, H. v. Suchtelenweg 4, 6703 CT Wageningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Jasperien
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: de Weert
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University, H. v. Suchtelenweg 4, 6703 CT Wageningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Hauke
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Smidt
authors.affiliation: Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-CEMO), Postbus 140, 4400 AC Yerseke, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Henricus T S
authors.initials: HTS
authors.lastname: Boschker
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University, H. v. Suchtelenweg 4, 6703 CT Wageningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Willem M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: de Vos
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University, H. v. Suchtelenweg 4, 6703 CT Wageningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Gosse
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schraa
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University, H. v. Suchtelenweg 4, 6703 CT Wageningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Alfons J M
authors.initials: AJM
authors.lastname: Stams
mesh_terms: D000693:Anaerobiosis; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000032:analysis; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000378:metabolism*; D020565:Epsilonproteobacteria / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D013750:Tetrachloroethylene / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D005227:Fatty Acids; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D013750:Tetrachloroethylene