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The bacteria are ubiquitous in nature and can be found in the gastrointestinal tracts of animals such as sheep, dogs, pigs, hamsters, and ferrets (2), and they have been cultured from a variety of environmental samples, including mud, brackish water, sewage, and industrial and freshwater sediments (1, 4).
Goldstein, E. J. C.; Citron, D. M.; Peraino, V. A.; Cross, S. A. (2003). Desulfovibrio desulfuricans Bacteremia and Review of Human Desulfovibrio Infections. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 41(6): 2752-2754.
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