Nitrosococcus

Nitrosococcus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Gammaproteobacteria
Order:	Chromatiales
Family:	Chromatiaceae
Genus:	Nitrosococcus; Winogradsky 1892 (Approved Lists 1980)
Type species
	Nitrosococcus nitrosus; (Migula 1900) Buchanan 1925 (Approved Lists 1980)
Species
	"Nitrosococcus halophilus" Campbell et al. 2011; "Nitrosococcus mobilis" Koops et al. 1976; Nitrosococcus nitrosus (Migula 1900) Buchanan 1925 (Approved Lists 1980); Nitrosococcus oceani corrig. (Watson 1965) Watson 1971 (Approved Lists 1980); "Nitrosococcus wardiae" Wang et al. 2016; "Nitrosococcus watsonii" Campbell et al. 2011;
Synonyms
	"Nitrosocystis Watson 1965;

Nitrosococcus is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria.^[4] It is an ammonia-oxidizing bacterium which oxidizes ammonia into nitrite. Nitrosococcus can be found in marine environments and salt lakes.^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c Campbell MA, Chain PS, Dang H, El Sheikh AF, Norton JM, Ward NL, Ward BB, Klotz MG (2011). "Nitrosococcus watsonii sp. nov., a new species of marine obligate ammonia-oxidizing bacteria that is not omnipresent in the world's oceans: Calls to validate the names 'Nitrosococcus halophilus' and 'Nitrosomonas mobilis'.". FEMS Microbiol Ecol. 76 (1): 39–48. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.01027.x. PMID 21204874.
^ Wang L, Lim CK, Dang H, Hanson TE, Klotz MG (2016). "D1FHS, the Type Strain of the Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacterium Nitrosococcus wardiae spec. nov.: Enrichment, Isolation, Phylogenetic, and Growth Physiological Characterization". Front Microbiol. 7: 512. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2016.00512. PMC 4830845. PMID 27148201.
^ Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Nitrosococcus". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved May 22, 2021.
^ George M. Garrity: Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. 2. Auflage. Springer, New York, 2005, Volume 2: The Proteobacteria, Part B: The Gammaproteobacteria

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