Query: NC_016629:3543432 Desulfovibrio africanus str. Walvis Bay chromosome, complete Lineage: Desulfovibrio africanus; Desulfovibrio; Desulfovibrionaceae; Desulfovibrionales; Proteobacteria; Bacteria General Information: Environment: Sea water, Fresh water, Soil; Isolation: marine mud after eruption; Temp: Mesophile; Temp: 30C. Desulfovibrio africanus is a sulfate-reducing bacterium which reduces sulfate to sulfide and is found in soil, freshwater, and saltwater
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General Information: This organism is able to reduce uranium and may be useful for in situ bioremediation of uranium. An iron(III)-reducing bacterium isolated from the uranium-contaminated subsurface of the U.S. Department of Energy NABIR Field Research Center (FRC), Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. Several recent studies have verified using cultivation-independent methods that the Geobacteraceae are predominant in subsurface environments where dissimilatory metal reduction is important to the remediation of uranium and other contaminants.