desulfovibrio alkalitolerans desulfovibrio alkalitolerans desulfovibrio alkalitolerans is an alkalitolerant and sulphate-reducing bacterium from the genus of desulfovibrio which has been isolated from a district heating plant in skanderborg in denmark. desulfovibrio alkalitolerans scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: thermodesulfobacteriota class: desulfovibrionia order: desulfovibrionales family: desulfovibrionaceae genus: desulfovibrio species: d. alkalitolerans binomial name desulfovibrio alkalitoleransabildgaard et al. 2006 type strain dsm 16529, jcm 12612, rt2