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Bacteria > Gram-Negative Bacteria > Gram-Negative Anaerobic Bacteria > Gram-Negative Anaerobic Straight, Curved, and Helical Rods > Desulfovibrio
Bacteria > Sulfur-Reducing Bacteria > Desulfovibrionaceae > Desulfovibrio
Bacteria > Gram-Negative Bacteria > Gram-Negative Anaerobic Bacteria > Desulfovibrionaceae > Desulfovibrio
... > Bacteria > Proteobacteria > Deltaproteobacteria > Desulfovibrionales > Desulfovibrionaceae > Desulfovibrio

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Desulfovibrio  

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Note

  • infection: coordinate with DESULFOVIBRIONACEAE INFECTIONS

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  • A genus of gram-negative, anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria capable of reducing sulfur compounds to hydrogen sulfide. Organisms are isolated from anaerobic mud of fresh and salt water, animal intestines, manure, and feces.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D003901

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