Nitrobacter winogradskyi

{{Short description|Species of bacterium}}

{{Speciesbox

| image = TEM Image of Nitrobacter winogradskyi str. Nb-255.jpg

| image_caption = TEM image of Nitrobacter winogradskyi strain Nb-255

| taxon = Nitrobacter winogradskyi

| authority = Winslow et al. 1917[https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/nitrobacter LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de]

| type_strain =

| synonyms = Bacillus nirobakter, Bacterium nitrobacter, Nitrobacter winogradskii[https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/913 UniProt]

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Nitrobacter winogradskyi is a gram-negative nitrite-oxidizing bacteria from the genus of Nitrobacter.{{Cite journal

| pmid = 16517654

| pmc = 1393235

| year = 2006

| last1 = Starkenburg

| first1 = S. R.

| title = Genome sequence of the chemolithoautotrophic nitrite-oxidizing bacterium Nitrobacter winogradskyi Nb-255

| journal = Applied and Environmental Microbiology

| volume = 72

| issue = 3

| pages = 2050–63

| last2 = Chain

| first2 = P. S.

| last3 = Sayavedra-Soto

| first3 = L. A.

| last4 = Hauser

| first4 = L

| last5 = Land

| first5 = M. L.

| last6 = Larimer

| first6 = F. W.

| last7 = Malfatti

| first7 = S. A.

| last8 = Klotz

| first8 = M. G.

| last9 = Bottomley

| first9 = P. J.

| last10 = Arp

| first10 = D. J.

| last11 = Hickey

| first11 = W. J.

| doi = 10.1128/AEM.72.3.2050-2063.2006

}} It is a chemolithoautotroph that derives energy by oxidation of nitrite. Nitrobacter winogradskyi is rod-shaped and is involved in the biological nitrification process that occurs within the nitrogen cycle.