Bacterium
desulfovibrio
Subclass of:
Sulfur-Reducing Bacteria; Desulfovibrionaceae
Definitions related to desulfovibrio:
  • A genus of anaerobic, Gram negative, rod shaped bacterium assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria and the family Desulfovibrionaceae.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A genus of gram-negative, anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria capable of reducing sulfur compounds to hydrogen sulfide. Organisms are isolated from anaerobic mud of fresh and salt water, animal intestines, manure, and feces.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Any bacteria that is not assigned to the species level but can be assigned to the Desulfovibrio genus level.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • Genus of gram negative, anaerobic, rod shaped bacteria capable of reducing sulfur compounds to hydrogen sulfide; organisms are isolated from anaerobic mud of fresh and salt water, animal intestines, manure, and feces.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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