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Desulfovibrio strain SPSN was isolated from an anaerobic industrial fermenter fed with waste water from the alcohol industry. The isolate was a gram-negative, non-spore-forming, curved organism, the motility of which is provided by a single polar flagellum. The oxidation of substrates was incomplete and included glycerol and 1,3-propanediol. Sulfate, sulfite, thiosulfate, and sulfur were utilized as electron acceptors. Pyruvate, fumarate and malate could be fermented. The DNA base composition was 64.5±0.3% G+C. Cytochrome c 3 and desulfoviridin were present. On the basis of these characteristics and because strain SPSN could not be ascribed to any of the existing species, the isolate is established as a new species of the genus Desulfovibrio, and the name Desulfovibrio alcoholovorans is proposed.
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Qatibi, A.I., Nivière, V. & Garcia, J.L. Desulfovibrio alcoholovorans sp. nov., a sulfate-reducing bacterium able to grow on glycerol, 1,2- and 1,3-propanediol. Arch. Microbiol. 155, 143–148 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00248608
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