desulfovibrio butyratiphilus desulfovibrio butyratiphilus desulfovibrio butyratiphilus is a bacterium. it is gram-negative, butyrate-oxidizing and sulfate-reducing. it is also strictly anaerobic, mesophilic, motile by means of a single polar flagellum, non-spore-forming and rod-shaped. its type strain is bsyt (=5jcm 15519t =5dsm 21556t). desulfovibrio butyratiphilus scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: thermodesulfobacteriota class: desulfovibrionia order: desulfovibrionales family: desulfovibrionaceae genus: desulfovibrio species: d. butyratiphilus binomial name desulfovibrio butyratiphilussuzuki et al. 2010