Desulfovibrio alaskensis

Desulfovibrio alaskensis belongs to the sulfate-reducing bacteria. The type strain is Al1T (= NCIMB 13491T = DSM 16109T).[1]

Desulfovibrio alaskensis
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Proteobacteria
Class:
Delta Proteobacteria
Order:
Desulfovibrionales
Family:
Desulfovibrionaceae
Genus:
Desulfovibrio
Species:
D. alaskensis
Binomial name
Desulfovibrio alaskensis
Feio et al. 2004

Biology

D. alaskensis has the ability to reduce radionuclides and heavy metals such as uranium and chromium to soluble and less toxic forms. The D. alaskensis strain G20 is an anaerobe with an optimal temperature range of 25C-40C. It is a gram negative microbe which is rod shaped, does not produce endospores, and is arranged in single cells. This strain is not known to cause any disease.

Genomics

Several strains of D. alaskensis have been sequenced: G20 (DOE JGI, 2007-2011[2][3]), RB2256, and DSM 16109 (DOE JGI 2013[4]).

References
  1. Feio MJ, Zinkevich V, Beech IB, et al. (September 2004). "Desulfovibrio alaskensis sp. nov., a sulphate-reducing bacterium from a soured oil reservoir". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 54 (Pt 5): 1747–52. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.63118-0. PMID 15388739. Retrieved 2013-08-22.
  2. Hauser, L. J.; Land, M. L.; Brown, S. D.; Larimer, F; Keller, K. L.; Rapp-Giles, B. J.; Price, M. N.; Lin, M; Bruce, D. C.; Detter, J. C.; Tapia, R; Han, C. S.; Goodwin, L. A.; Cheng, J. F.; Pitluck, S; Copeland, A; Lucas, S; Nolan, M; Lapidus, A. L.; Palumbo, A. V.; Wall, J. D. (2011). "Complete genome sequence and updated annotation of Desulfovibrio alaskensis G20". Journal of Bacteriology. 193 (16): 4268–9. doi:10.1128/JB.05400-11. PMC 3147700. PMID 21685289.
  3. Desulfovibrio alaskensis G20 in the GOLD database
  4. Desulfovibrio alaskensis DSM 16109 in the GOLD database

Further reading
  • Staley, James T., et al. "Bergey’s manual of systematic bacteriology, vol. 3."Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, MD (1989): 2250-2251.
  • Bélaich, Jean-Pierre, Mireille Bruschi, and Jean-Louis Garcia, eds. Microbiology and biochemistry of strict Anaerobes Involoved in interspecies hydrogen transfer. No. 54. Springer, 1990.


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