Overview

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Dehalobacterium formicoaceticum is a Gram-positive, strictly anaerobic, non-motile, short rod-shaped bacterium. It has been detected in at least 1 gut microbiome compilation study or metastudy. The DNA G+C content is 42.7%. Dehalobacterium formicoaceticum is likely to be transient and not a long-term gut coloniser. (Magli1996)

This organism has been recovered from dichloromethane-contaminated groundwater. Pathogenicity status unknown, or very unlikely to be pathogenic. Likely to be transient and not a long-term gut commensal.

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QUIRKS

Uses dichloromethane as an energy and carbon source.

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GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS (Magli1996);

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	Character	Response
pH	Acidity tolerance:	Grows optimally at pH 7.0.
🌡	Temperature tolerance:	Grows optimally at 33℃.

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SPECIAL FEATURES (Magli1996);

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	Character	Response
✓	Metabolites produced:	formate; acetate; pyruvate (trace);

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References

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SPECIFIC REFERENCES FOR DEHALOBACTERIUM FORMICOACETICUM

Magli1996 - Isolation and characterization of Dehalobacterium formicoaceticum gen. nov. sp. nov., a strictly anaerobic bacterium utilizing dichloromethane as source of carbon and energy

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GUT MICROBIOME COMPILATIONS AND METASTUDIES FOR DEHALOBACTERIUM FORMICOACETICUM

New2022 - Collective effects of human genomic variation on microbiome function.

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