Desulfovibrio

High amounts of Desulfovibrio bacteria have been associated with inflammatory bowel disease, bacteremia infections, and Parkinson's disease.

Some Desulfovibrio species have in recent years been shown to have bioremediation potential for toxic radionuclides such as uranium by a reductive bioaccumulation process, such as converting highly water-soluble U(VI) to relatively insoluble U(IV) precipitate, thus removing the toxic uranium from contaminated water.

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).

Unassigned species:

• D. aminophilus Baena et al. 1999
• D. biadhensis Fadhlaoui et al. 2015
• D. bizertensis Haouari et al. 2006 [Paradesulfovibrio bizertensis (Haouari et al. 2006) Waite et al. 2020]
• "D. caledoniensis" Tardy-Jacquenod et al. 1996
• D. capillatus Miranda-Tello et al. 2013
• "D. cavernae" Sass & Cypionka 2004
• "D. diazotrophicus" corrig. Sayavedra et al. 2021
• D. gracilis Magot et al. 2004 [Paucidesulfovibrio gracilis (Magot et al. 2004) Waite et al. 2020]
• D. giganteus corrig. Esnault, Caumette & Garcia 1988
• D. falkowii Hamaguchi et al. 2025
• "D. ferrophilus" Dinh et al. 2004
• "D. halohydrocarbonoclasticus" Zobell 1947
• "D. hontreensis" Tarasov et al. 2015
• D. litoralis Sass et al. 1998
• "D. multispirans" Czechowski et al. 1984
• "D. oliviopondense" Qatabi Sr. 2007
• "D. oryzae" Ouattara et al. 2000b
• D. profundus Bale et al. 1997
• "D. rubentschikii" (Baars 1930) ZoBell 1948
• "D. singaporenus" Sheng et al. 2007