IDEONELLA-DECHLORATANS GEN-NOV, SP-NOV, A NEW BACTERIUM CAPABLE OF GROWING ANAEROBICALLY WITH CHLORATE AS AN ELECTRON-ACCEPTOR

The name Ideonella dechloratans is proposed for a new species of Gram-negative, polarly flagellated, chemoorganotrophic, rod shaped bacterium capable of growing anaerobically with chlorate as an electron acceptor. The bacterium is mesophilic, strictly respiratory and has a guanine plus cytosine-content in DNA of 68.1 mol%. Sequence data from 16S ribosomal RNA gene of the type strain, CCUG 30898T, show Ideonella dechloratans to cluster phylogenetically within the beta subgroup of Proteobacteria. The bacterium was enriched and isolated from activated sludge from a municipal wastewater treatment plant.