Biology:Nitrosococcus
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Short description: Genus of bacteria
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| Genus: | Nitrosococcus Winogradsky 1892 (Approved Lists 1980)
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| 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "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. 2011. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.01027.x. PMID 21204874.
- ↑ "D1FHS, the Type Strain of the Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacterium Nitrosococcus wardiae spec. nov.: Enrichment, Isolation, Phylogenetic, and Growth Physiological Characterization". Front Microbiol 7: 512. 2016. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2016.00512. PMID 27148201.
- ↑ "Nitrosococcus". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/nitrosococcus.
- ↑ George M. Garrity: Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. 2. Auflage. Springer, New York, 2005, Volume 2: The Proteobacteria, Part B: The Gammaproteobacteria
Wikidata ☰ Q6043354 entry
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