Nitrosococcus
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Pseudomonadota
Class:
Gammaproteobacteria
Order:
Chromatiales
Family:
Chromatiaceae[1]
Genus:
Nitrosococcus

Winogradsky 1892 (Approved Lists 1980)
Type species
Nitrosococcus nitrosus
(Migula 1900) Buchanan 1925 (Approved Lists 1980)
Species[2]
  • "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[3]
  • "Nitrosococcus watsonii" Campbell et al. 2011[1]
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

  1. 1 2 3 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.
  2. ↑ Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Nitrosococcus". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved May 22, 2021.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ 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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