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.
Its name is Latin for "restricted", referring to the limited substrate range utilized.
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Type strain of Dehalobacter restrictus at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase