Nitratifractor

{{Short description|Genus of bacteria}}

{{Taxobox

| domain = Bacteria

| phylum = Campylobacterota

| classis = "Campylobacteria"

| ordo = Campylobacterales

| familia = Sulfurovaceae

| genus = Nitratifractor

| genus_authority = Nakagawa et al. 2005{{cite journal |title=Nitratifractor |journal=LPSN |url=https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/nitratifractor}}

| type_species = Nitratifractor salsuginis

| type_species_authority =Nakagawa et al. 2005

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

• N. salsuginis

| synonyms =

}}

Nitratifractor is a genus of bacteria from the order Campylobacterales, with one known species (Nitratifractor salsuginis).{{cite journal |title=Nitratifractor |website=www.uniprot.org |url=https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/269260}}{{cite journal |last1=Parker |first1=Charles Thomas |last2=Wigley |first2=Sarah |last3=Garrity |first3=George M |editor-first1=Charles Thomas |editor-first2=George M |editor-last1=Parker |editor-last2=Garrity |title=Taxonomic Abstract for the genera. |date=5 May 2009 |doi=10.1601/tx.9374 |publisher=NamesforLife, LLC |language=en}}{{cite journal |last1=Nakagawa |first1=S |last2=Takai |first2=K |last3=Inagaki |first3=F |last4=Horikoshi |first4=K |last5=Sako |first5=Y |title=Nitratiruptor tergarcus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Nitratifractor salsuginis gen. nov., sp. nov., nitrate-reducing chemolithoautotrophs of the epsilon-Proteobacteria isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal system in the Mid-Okinawa Trough. |journal=International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology |date=March 2005 |volume=55 |issue=Pt 2 |pages=925–33 |doi=10.1099/ijs.0.63480-0 |pmid=15774687}}