Dehalobacter restrictus

Dehalobacter restrictus is a species of bacteria in the phylum Bacillota. It is strictly anaerobic and reductively dechlorinates tetra- and trichloroethene. It does not form spores; it is a small, gram-positive rod with one lateral flagellum. PER-K23 is its type strain.^[1]

Dehalobacter restrictus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Bacillota
Class:	Clostridia
Order:	Clostridiales
Family:	Peptococcaceae
Genus:	Dehalobacter
Species:	Dehalobacter restrictus Holliger et al. 1998

Its name is Latin for “restricted”, referring to the limited substrate range utilized.