Dechlorination of p,p'-DDTs coupled with sulfate reduction by novel sulfate-reducing bacterium Clostridium sp. BXM.

A novel non-dsrAB (without dissimilatory sulfite reductase genes) sulfate-reducing bacterium (SRB) Clostridium sp. BXM was isolated from a paddy soil. Incubation experiments were then performed to investigate the formation of reduced sulfur compounds (RSC) by Clostridium sp.