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Nitrobacter is a
genus comprising rod-shaped, gram-negative, and
chemoautotrophic bacteria. The name
Nitrobacter derives from the
Latin neuter gender noun...
- nitrite; and second,
nitrite is
oxidized to
nitrate by
Nitrobacter spp. and
similar bacteria.
Nitrobacter spp.
benefit from
their ****ociation with Nitrosomonas...
- that
include species of
genera such as Nitrosomonas, Nitrosococcus,
Nitrobacter, Nitrospina,
Nitrospira and Nitrococcus.
These bacteria get
their energy...
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Nitrobacter hamburgensis is a gram-negative
bacterium from the
genus of
Nitrobacter. LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de
UniProt Starkenburg, S. R. (2008). "Complete Genome...
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Nitrobacter winogradskyi is a gram-negative nitrite-oxidizing
bacteria from the
genus of
Nitrobacter. It is a
chemolithoautotroph that
derives energy by...
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Nitrobacter vulgaris is a rod-shaped, Gram-negative, and a
chemoautotrophic bacterium. It
plays an
important role in the
nitrogen cycle by
oxidizing nitrite...
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Nitrobacter alkalicus is a nitrite-oxidizing
bacteria from the
genus of
Nitrobacter. LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de
Straininfo of
Nitrobacter alkalicus UniProt Sorokin...
- only a
small amount of energy. For example,
nitrifying bacteria such as
Nitrobacter oxidize nitrite to nitrate,
which releases sufficient energy to pump...
- Nitrospira)
converts nitrite into nitrate, a less
toxic substance. (
Nitrobacter bacteria were
previously believed to fill this role.
While biologically...
- not as well
understood as the first, but the
bacteria Nitrospina and
Nitrobacter are
known to
carry out this step in the ocean.
Nitrification is a process...
