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This dichloromethane mineralization yields electron equivalents that are used to reduce chloroform without the addition of exogenous electron donor. By studying this self-feeding chloroform-amended culture and a dichloromethane-amended enrichment subculture (named DCME), we previously found the genomic potential to perform both biodegradation steps in two distinct\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Dehalobacter<\/jats:italic>\n                      strains:\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Dehalobacter restrictus<\/jats:italic>\n                      SAD and\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Candidatus<\/jats:italic>\n                      Dehalobacter alkaniphilus DAD. Though present in each enrichment culture, strain SAD is more abundant in the chloroform-fed subculture SC05-UT, while strain DAD is more prominent in the dichloromethane-fed subculture DCME. 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