See text Desulfovibrio is a genus of Gram-negative sulfate-reducing bacteria.

Desulfovibrio species are commonly found in aquatic environments with high levels of organic material, as well as in water-logged soils, and form major community members of extreme oligotrophic habitats such as deep granitic fractured rock aquifers.

[2][3] 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.

[4] The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)[5] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)[6] D. piger D. legallii D. porci D. desulfuricans D. intestinalis D. simplex Zellner et al. 1990 "Ca.

D. trichonymphae" Sato et al. 2009 D. legallii corrig.