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Dechloromonas agitata strain CKB
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<p><i>Dechloromonas agitata</i> strain CKB is a <a href="/facts/Dissimilatory/l3XmmDeX">dissimilatory</a> <a href="/facts/Perchlorate/WCC53zS2">perchlorate</a> reducing <a href="/facts/Bacterium/wC8xSCsU">bacterium</a> (DRPB) that was isolated from paper mill waste. Strain CKB is a Gram negative, <a href="/facts/Facultative_anaerobe/YS9tdh8N">facultative anaerobe</a> belonging to the <a href="/facts/Betaproteobacteria/k6lha8ll">Betaproteobacteria</a>. The <a href="/facts/Cell_(biology)/bLM9UQvy">cells</a> of strain CKB are highly <a href="/facts/Motile/Df5BECHL">motile</a> and possess a single polar <a href="/facts/Flagellum/nvQRcbgJ">flagellum</a>. <i>D. agitata</i> can couple the <a href="/facts/Oxidation/Pyd5RVcj">oxidation</a> of several <a href="/facts/Electron_donor/7JxwwW43">electron donors</a> such as <a href="/facts/Acetate/U90VVczy">acetate</a>, <a href="/facts/Propionate/ugBEw0Ia">propionate</a>, <a href="/facts/Butyrate/Sy5NrhK5">butyrate</a>, <a href="/facts/Lactic_acid/BsVRFx7s">lactate</a>, <a href="/facts/Succinate/v3KJqrQC">succinate</a>, <a href="/facts/Fumarate/VDecBfLQ">fumarate</a>, <a href="/facts/Malate/mSbExe77">malate</a> or <a href="/facts/Yeast_extract/q0ILhM2r">yeast extract</a> to <a href="/facts/Electron_acceptors/1FQzB8pQ">electron acceptors</a> such as <a href="/facts/Oxygen/acyn6o8r">oxygen</a>, <a href="/facts/Chlorate/Ypne0mrY">chlorate</a>, <a href="/facts/Perchlorate/WCC53zS2">perchlorate</a>, <a href="/facts/Ferrous_iron/TCxvdjfW">ferrous iron</a>, <a href="/facts/Sulfide/d8YMjLeu">sulfide</a>, and reduced <a href="/facts/Humic/nU58wtUm">humic</a> substances like 2,6-anthrahydroquinone disulfonate. Unlike other perchlorate reducers, strain CKB cannot grow by nitrate reduction, which suggests that the pathways of nitrate and perchlorate reduction are distinct and unrelated, contrary to what previous research had shown. </p>