Nitrosococcus
| Nitrosococcus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Chromatiales |
| Family: | Chromatiaceae |
| Genus: | Nitrosococcus Winogradsky 1892 (Approved Lists 1980)[1] |
| Type species | |
| Nitrosococcus nitrosus (Migula 1900) Buchanan 1925 (Approved Lists 1980) | |
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Nitrosococcus is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria.[4] It is an ammonia-oxidizing bacterium which oxidizes ammonia into nitrite. Nitrosococcus can be found in marine environments and salt lakes.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Campbell MA, Chain PS, Dang H, El Sheikh AF, Norton JM, Ward NL, Ward BB, Klotz MG (2011). "Nitrosococcus watsonii sp. nov., a new species of marine obligate ammonia-oxidizing bacteria that is not omnipresent in the world's oceans: Calls to validate the names 'Nitrosococcus halophilus' and 'Nitrosomonas mobilis'.". FEMS Microbiol Ecol. 76 (1): 39–48. Bibcode:2011FEMME..76...39C. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.01027.x. PMID 21204874.
- ↑ Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Nitrosococcus". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved May 22, 2021.
- ↑ Wang L, Lim CK, Dang H, Hanson TE, Klotz MG (2016). "D1FHS, the Type Strain of the Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacterium Nitrosococcus wardiae spec. nov.: Enrichment, Isolation, Phylogenetic, and Growth Physiological Characterization". Front Microbiol. 7: 512. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2016.00512. PMC 4830845. PMID 27148201.
- ↑ George M. Garrity: Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. 2. Auflage. Springer, New York, 2005, Volume 2: The Proteobacteria, Part B: The Gammaproteobacteria
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