Desulfovibrio vulgaris
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| Desulfovibrio vulgaris | |
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| Kingdom: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
| Class: | Deltaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Desulfovibrionales |
| Family: | Desulfovibrionaceae |
| Genus: | Desulfovibrio |
| Species: | D. vulgaris |
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Desulfovibrio vulgaris |
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Desulfovibrio vulgaris is a species of Gram-negative sulfate-reducing bacteria in the Desulfovibrionaceae family.Desulfovibrio vulgaris is often used as a model organism for sulfur-reducing bacteria and was the first of such bacteria to have its genome sequenced.
Desulfovibrio vulgaris is ubiquitous in nature and has also been implicated in a variety of human bacterial infections, although it may only be an opportunistic pathogen.
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