:Desulfovibrio brasiliensis

{{Short description|Species of bacterium}}

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| name = Desulfovibrio brasiliensis

| domain = Bacteria

| phylum = Thermodesulfobacteriota

| classis = Desulfovibrionia

| ordo = Desulfovibrionales

| familia = Desulfovibrionaceae

| genus = Desulfovibrio

| species = D. brasiliensis

| binomial = Desulfovibrio brasiliensis

| binomial_authority = Krekeler et al. 1997

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Desulfovibrio brasiliensis is a moderately halophilic bacteria first isolated from Brazil, hence its name. It is sulfate-reducing, 0.3–0.45micrometres wide and 1.0–3.5 micrometres long, Gram-negative and motile (one subpolar flagellum present).{{Cite journal

| author = Rolf Warthmann

| author-link = Rolf Warthmann

| author2 = Crisogono Vasconcelos

| author2-link = Crisogono Vasconcelos

| author3 = Henrik Sass

| author3-link = Henrik Sass

| author4 = Judith A. McKenzie

| author4-link = Judith A. McKenzie

| name-list-style=amp| title = Desulfovibrio brasiliensis sp. nov., a moderate halophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium from Lagoa Vermelha (Brazil) mediating dolomite formation

| journal = Extremophiles: Life Under Extreme Conditions

| volume = 9

| issue = 3

| pages = 255–261

|date=June 2005

| doi = 10.1007/s00792-005-0441-8

| pmid = 15856133

| url = http://doc.rero.ch/record/318295/files/792_2005_Article_441.pdf

| hdl = 20.500.11850/32616

| s2cid = 20357645

| hdl-access = free

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