Query: NC_013223:1848689 Desulfohalobium retbaense DSM 5692, complete genome
Lineage: Desulfohalobium retbaense; Desulfohalobium; Desulfohalobiaceae; Desulfovibrionales; Proteobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: Isolation: Saline sediment from Retba Lake in Senegal; Temp: Mesophile; Temp: 35C. This organism is a moderately halophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium which was originally isolated from a hypersaline lake in Africa.
Subject: NC_002937:1706000 Desulfovibrio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris str. Hildenborough, complete
Lineage: Desulfovibrio vulgaris; Desulfovibrio; Desulfovibrionaceae; Desulfovibrionales; Proteobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: This strain was isolated from clay soil near Hildenborough, UK in 1946. A sulfate reducing bacterium. These organisms typically grow anaerobically, although some can tolerate oxygen, and they utilize a wide variety of electron acceptors, including sulfate, sulfur, nitrate, and nitrite. A number of toxic metals are reduced, including uranium (VI), chromium (VI) and iron (III), making these organisms of interest as bioremediators. Metal corrosion, a problem that is partly the result of the collective activity of these bacteria, produces billions of dollars in losses each year to the petroleum industry. These organisms are also responsible for the production of poisonous hydrogen sulfide gas in marine sediments and in terrestrial environments such as drilling sites for petroleum products. This species is a sulfate reducer commonly found in a variety of soil and aquatic environments.