desulfovibrio desulfovibrio 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. desulfovibrio desulfovibrio vulgaris scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: thermodesulfobacteriota class: desulfovibrionia order: desulfovibrionales family: desulfovibrionaceae genus: desulfovibriokluyver & van niel 1936 type species desulfovibrio desulfuricans(beijerinck 1895) kluyver & van niel 1936 species see text synonyms desulfomonas moore, johnson & holdeman 1976 "sporovibrio" starkey 1938 high amounts of desulfovibrio bacteria have been associated with inflammatory bowel disease, bacteremia infections and parkinson's disease. some desulfovibrio species have in recent years been shown to have bioremediation potential for toxic radionuclides such as uranium by a reductive bioaccumulation process. phylogeny the currently accepted taxonomy is based on the list of prokaryotic names with standing in nomenclature (lpsn) and national center for biotechnology information (ncbi) 16s rrna based ltp_01_2022 120 marker proteins based gtdb 07-rs207 d. piger d. legallii d. porci d. desulfuricans d. intestinalis d. simplex zellner et al. 1990 "ca. d. faecigallinarum" gilroy et al. 2021 "ca. d. intestinipullorum" gilroy et al. 2021 d. piger (moore et al. 1976) loubinoux et al. 2002 "ca. d. intestinigallinarum" gilroy et al. 2021 "ca. d. gallistercoris" gilroy et al. 2021 "ca. d. intestinavium" gilroy et al. 2021 "d. fairfieldensis" mcdougall et al. 1997 d. porci wylensek et al. 2021 "ca. d. kirbyi" takeuchi et al. 2020 "ca. d. trichonymphae" sato et al. 2009 d. legallii corrig. thabet et al. 2013 d. desulfuricans (beijerinck 1895) kluyver & van niel 1936 d. intestinalis frohlich et al. 1999 unassigned species: "d. caledoniensis" tardy-jacquenod et al. 1996 "d. cavernae" sass & cypionka 2004 "d. diazotrophica" sayavedra et al. 2021 "d. halohydrocarbonoclasticus" zobell 1947 "d. hontreensis" tarasov et al. 2015 "d. lacusfryxellense" sattley & madigan 2010 "d. multispirans" czechowski et al. 1984 "d. oliviopondense" qatabi sr. 2007 "d. oryzae" ouattara et al. 2000b "d. rubentschikii" (baars 1930) zobell 1948 "d. singaporenus" sheng et al. 2007