NCIt definition : A species of anaerobic, Gram negative, rod shaped bacterium assigned to the phylum
Proteobacteria. This species is motile, catalase positive, oxidase, urease and indole
negative, produces hydrogen sulfide and is asaccharolytic. D. fairfieldensis is a
commensal organism of the intestinal tract and is rarely seen to cause clinical disease.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Desulfovibrio fairfieldensis.;