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Nitrobacter vulgaris

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Species of bacterium

Nitrobacter vulgaris
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Hyphomicrobiales
Family: Nitrobacteraceae
Genus: Nitrobacter
Species: N. vulgaris
Binomial name
Nitrobacter vulgaris
Bock et al. 2001

Nitrobacter vulgaris is a rod-shaped, Gram-negative, and a chemoautotrophic bacterium. It plays an important role in the nitrogen cycle by oxidizing nitrite into nitrate in soil. It cannot tolerate highly alkaline (NH4+) conditions.

NO2- + 1/2O2 -> NO3-

Genomics

References

  1. LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de

External links

Taxon identifiers
Nitrobacter vulgaris


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