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Descriptor English: Desulfovibrio
Descriptor Spanish: Desulfovibrio
Descriptor Desulfovibrio
Scope note: Género de bacterias anaerobias, gramnegativas, de forma bacilar, capaces de reducir los compuestos de azufre a sulfuro de hidrógeno. Los microorganismos son aislados de los lodos de agua dulce y salada, y de los intestinos, estiércol y heces de los animales.
Descriptor Portuguese: Desulfovibrio
Descriptor French: Desulfovibrio
Tree number(s): B03.440.425.410.350
B03.660.125.144.500.875
B03.900.350
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003901
Scope note: A genus of gram-negative, anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria capable of reducing sulfur compounds to hydrogen sulfide. Organisms are isolated from anaerobic mud of fresh and salt water, animal intestines, manure, and feces.
Annotation: infection: coordinate with DESULFOVIBRIONACEAE INFECTIONS
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PH physiology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
DeCS ID: 3921
Unique ID: D003901
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/06/15
Desulfovibrio - Preferred
Concept UI M0006088
Scope note A genus of gram-negative, anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria capable of reducing sulfur compounds to hydrogen sulfide. Organisms are isolated from anaerobic mud of fresh and salt water, animal intestines, manure, and feces.
Preferred term Desulfovibrio



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