Nitrobacter

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Nitrobacter
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria Phylum: Proteobacteria Class: Alpha Proteobacteria Order: Rhizobiales Family: Bradyrhizobiaceae Genus: Nitrobacter Winogradsky 1892
Species
N. alkalicus N. hamburgensis N. vulgaris N. winogradskyi

Nitrobacter is a rod-shaped, gram-negative, and a chemoautotrophic bacterium. It playes an important role in nitrogen cycle by oxidizing nitrite into nitratein soil .However, nitrobactor cannot tolarate high alkaline (NH4+)condition.

NO2- + 1/2O2 -> NO3-

[edit] Genomics

• Nitrobacter Genome Projects (from Genomes OnLine Database)

• Comparative Analysis of Nitrobacter Genomes (at DOE's IMG system)