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This list highlights the crucial role of Desulfovibrio desulfuricans, a sulfate-reducing bacterium, in mangrove ecosystems. These microbes help with sulfur cycling, nutrient recycling, and sediment health, maintaining the balance of these coastal environments.
I chose this topic to emphasize the often-overlooked importance of such microorganisms in sustaining mangroves and their vital role in protecting our environment.
Mangrove forests are unique coastal ecosystems in tropical and subtropical regions, thriving in brackish water. They support diverse plant, animal, and microbial life, including sulfate-reducing bacteria like Desulfovibrio desulfuricans. Mangroves prevent coastal erosion, filter pollutants, and serve as breeding grounds for marine species. Protecting them is vital for biodiversity and climate change impact reduction.
Desulfovibrio desulfuricans is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped, motile bacterium in the genus Desulfovibrio and family Desulfovibrionaceae. It thrives in anaerobic, brackish, and marine sediments, reducing sulfate to hydrogen sulfide through anaerobic respiration. This process is crucial for sulfur cycling, nutrient recycling, and sediment health. By breaking down organic matter and influencing sulfur balance, it plays a key role in maintaining ecosystem stability.
In anaerobic sediments, it converts sulfate into hydrogen sulfide, supporting sulfur cycling and nutrient recycling, which enriches sediment health and sustains microbial life. It aids in breaking down organic material in brackish environments, releasing nutrients essential for ecosystem stability and microbial community balance.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1075996417302366
https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/aem.61.8.2813-2819.1995
Desulfovibrio desulfuricans supports mangrove ecosystems by driving sulfur cycling through sulfate reduction, producing hydrogen sulfide that affects nutrient availability. It aids organic matter decomposition, enriches sediments, and maintains ecosystem stability by contributing to carbon and nitrogen cycling.
https://analyticalsciencejournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/bit.260400612
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-90256-w
Desulfovibrio desulfuricans has biotechnological applications in bioremediation by removing heavy metals and breaking down pollutants in wastewater. Its benefits include detoxifying environments, enhancing sustainable energy production through microbial fuel cells, and improving ecosystem health through sulfate reduction.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1369703X03001724
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10534-006-9059-2
Desulfovibrio desulfuricans faces threats like habitat destruction and contamination. Ethical concerns in bioprospecting and genetic engineering involve biodiversity loss and ecological risks. Sustainable use of microbial resources focuses on conserving habitats, ensuring responsible research, and maintaining genetic diversity, balancing innovation with ecological preservation.
https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/aem.61.8.2813-2819.1995
