Nitrobacter vulgaris Bock et al., 2001
- Dataset
- English Wikipedia - Species Pages
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- phylum
- Pseudomonadota
- class
- Alphaproteobacteria
- order
- Hyphomicrobiales
- family
- Nitrobacteraceae
- genus
- Nitrobacter
- species
- Nitrobacter vulgaris
Abstract
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
Nitrobacter Genome Projects (from Genomes OnLine Database) Comparative Analysis of Nitrobacter Genomes (at DOE's IMG system)