Ideonella dechloratans gen.nov., sp.nov., a New Bacterium Capable of Growing Anaerobically with Chlorate as an Electron Acceptor

Summary 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 30898 T , 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.