Desulfuromonas chloroethenica

Desulfuromonas chloroethenica
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Thermodesulfobacteriota
Class: Desulfuromonadia
Order: Desulfuromonadales
Family: Desulfuromonadaceae
Genus: Desulfuromonas
Species:
D. chloroethenica
Binomial name
Desulfuromonas chloroethenica
Krumholz 1997
Synonyms
  • "Trichloromonas chloroethenica" (Krumholz 1997) Waite et al. 2020

Desulfuromonas chloroethenica is a gram-negative metal-reducing proteobacterium. It uses tetrachloroethylene and trichloroethylene as electron acceptors.