| Cross Index | Nitrobacter |
| SuperSet | Prokaryote, Eubacteria Aerobic Chemolithotrophic Bacteria |
| Compare | Nitrifying
bacteria:
Sulfur Oxidizing Acidiphilium Macromonas, Thermothrix thiopara Thiobacillus, Thiobacterium, Thiodendron latens, Thiomicrospira, Thiosphaera, Thiospira, Thiovulum majus Hydrogen Bacteria: Hydrogenbacter thermophilus Iron & Manganese bacteria: Aquaspirillum , Bilophococcus, Gallionella ferrunginea, Leptospirillum, Metallogenium , Naumanniella, Ochrobium tectum, Sulfobacillus thermosulfidooxidans, Siderocapsa, Siderococcus limoniticus |
| Contrast | Archaea |
| Subset |
| Morphology | Nitrobacter |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | Gram-negative.. |
| Morphology | Rod- or pear-shaped cells 0.5-0.8 x 1.0-2.0 um ( |
| Motility | Motility may or may not occur; if it does, it is by means of a single subterminal or lateral flagellum |
| Specialized structures | Cells reproduce by budding Cytomembranes occur in the form of a polar cap of flattened vesicles in the peripheral region of the cell ( |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Nitrobacter |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | Grows chemolitho-trophically as well as chemoorganotrophically |
| Oxygen | Aerobic. |
| pH | |
| Temperature | |
| Requirements | The major source of energy and reducing power is from the oxidation of nitrite to nitrate |
| Products | |
| Enzymes | |
| Unique features |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
| Habitat | Occurs in aerobic environments where organic matter is being mineralized. |
| Lifestyle | |
| Pathogenicity |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Nitrobacter |
| G+C Mol % | 60-62 (Bd, Tm) |
| Reference | Nitrobacter |
| First citation | Winogradsky, S.1892. Contributions a la morphologie des organismes de la nitrification. Arch. Sci. Biol. (St. Petersb) 1:86-137 |
| Emended | Judicial Commission. 1958. Opinion 23 |
| The Prokaryotes | |
| Bergey's Systematatic | p 1813 S.W. Watson, E. Bock, H. Harms, H-P. Koops, and A. B. Hooper |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 448 |
| References |