Nitrobacter vulgaris

{{Short description|Species of bacterium}}

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| taxon = Nitrobacter vulgaris

| authority = Bock et al. 2001[https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/nitrobacter LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de]

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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 into nitrate in soil. It cannot tolerate highly alkaline (NH4+) conditions.

NO2- + 1/2O2 -> NO3-

Genomics

  • [http://www.genomesonline.org/search.cgi?colcol=all&goldstamp=ALL&gen_type=ALL&org_name1=genus&gensp=Nitrobacter&org_domain=ALL&org_status=ALL&size2=ALL&org_size=Kb&gen_gc=ALL&phylogeny2=ALL&gen_institution=ALL&gen_funding=ALL&gen_data=ALL&cont=ALL&gen_country=ALL&gen_pheno=ALL&gen_eco=ALL&gen_disease=ALL&gen_relevance=ALL&gen_avail=ALL&selection=submit+search Nitrobacter Genome Projects] (from [http://www.genomesonline.org Genomes OnLine Database])
  • [http://img.jgi.doe.gov/cgi-bin/pub/main.cgi?section=TaxonList&page=lineageMicrobes&genus=Nitrobacter Comparative Analysis of Nitrobacter Genomes] (at DOE's IMG system)

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