| Desulfovibrio | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Thermodesulfobacteriota |
| Class: | Desulfovibrionia |
| Order: | Desulfovibrionales |
| Family: | Desulfovibrionaceae |
| Genus: | Desulfovibrio Kluyver & van Niel 1936 |
| Type species | |
| Desulfovibrio desulfuricans (Beijerinck 1895) Kluyver & van Niel 1936 | |
| Species | |
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Desulfovibrio is a genus of Gram-negative sulfate-reducing bacteria. Desulfovibrio species are commonly found in aquatic environments with high levels of organic material, as well as in water-logged soils, and form major community members of extreme oligotrophic habitats such as deep granitic fractured rock aquifers. They're also found in the guts of beetles, such as Melolontha melolontha , where they perform sulfate reduction. [1]
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High amounts of Desulfovibrio bacteria have been associated with inflammatory bowel disease, bacteremia infections and Parkinson's disease. [2] [3]
Some Desulfovibrio species have in recent years been shown to have bioremediation potential for toxic radionuclides such as uranium by a reductive bioaccumulation process, such as converting highly water-soluble U(VI) to relatively insoluble U(IV) precipitate, thus removing the toxic uranium from contaminated water. [4]
