desulfovibrio arcticus desulfovibrio arcticus desulfovibrio arcticus is a gram-negative, psychrotolerant, sulfate-reducing and motile bacterium from the genus of desulfovibrio with a single polar flagellum which has been isolated from water from permafrost from the barents sea. desulfovibrio arcticus scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: thermodesulfobacteriota class: desulfovibrionia order: desulfovibrionales family: desulfovibrionaceae genus: desulfovibrio species: d. arcticus binomial name desulfovibrio arcticuspecheritsyna et al. 2012 type strain b15, dsm 21064, vkm b-2367