Desulfovibrio desulfuricans

{{Short description|Species of bacterium}}

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| name = Desulfovibrio desulfricans

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| image_caption = Scanning electron micrograph of Desulfovibrio desulfricans

| taxon = Desulfovibrio desulfuricans

| authority = (Beijerinck 1895) Kluyver and van Niel 1936

| synonyms =

• Spirillum desulfuricans Beijerinck 1895
• Bacillus desulfuricans Saltet 1900
• Microspira desulfuricans Migula 1900
• Vibrio cholinicus Haywood and Stadtman 1959

| synonyms_ref = {{cite web |url=https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/desulfovibrio |title=Genus Desulfovibrio |last1=Jean |first1=Euzeby |date= |website= |publisher=List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature |access-date=November 6, 2014}}

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Desulfovibrio desulfuricans is a Gram-negative sulfate-reducing bacteria. It is generally found in soil, water, and the stools of animals, although in rare cases it has been found to cause infection in humans.{{cite journal|author1=EJC Goldstein |author2=DM Citron |author3=VA Peraino |author4=SA Cross |title=Desulfovibrio desulfricans Bacteremia and Review of Human Desulfovibrio Infections |journal=J Clin Microbiol |volume=41 |issue=6 |pages=2752–2754 |pmid=12791922 |pmc=156571 |date= June 2003 |doi=10.1128/jcm.41.6.2752-2754.2003}} It is particularly noted for its ability to produce methyl mercury.{{cite journal|author1=CC Gilmour |author2 = DA Elias |author3 = AM Kucken |author4 = SD Brown |author5 = AV Palumbo |author6 = CW Schadt |author7 = JD Wall |title = Sulfate-Reducing Bacterium Desulfovibrio desulfuricans ND132 as a Model for Understanding Bacterial Mercury Methylation |journal=Appl Environ Microbiol |volume=77 |issue=12 |pages=3938–3951 |date= June 2011 |url= |pmid=21515733 |doi=10.1128/aem.02993-10 |pmc=3131654|bibcode = 2011ApEnM..77.3938G }} The reductive glycine pathway, a seventh route for organisms to capture {{CO2}}, was discovered in this species.Sánchez-Andrea, I., Guedes, I.A., Hornung, B. et al. The reductive glycine pathway allows autotrophic growth of Desulfovibrio desulfuricans. Nat Commun 11, 5090 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18906-7 Since these bacteria are killed by exposure to atmospheric oxygen, the environmental niches most frequently occupied by these bacteria are anaerobic.{{Cite web|url=http://genome.jgi.doe.gov/desde/desde.home.html|title=Home - Desulfovibrio desulfuricans G20|website=genome.jgi.doe.gov|access-date=2017-05-07}} Desulfovibrio desulfuricans 27774 was reported to produce gene transfer agents.Rapp, Barbara J., and Judy D. Wall. "Genetic transfer in Desulfovibrio desulfuricans." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 84.24 (1987): 9128-9130.{{vague|date=June 2023}}