| Cross Index | Nitrospina gracilis |
| 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 | Nitrospina gracilis |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | Gram-negative |
| Morphology | Rod-shaped cells 0.3-0.4 x 1.7-6.6 um (Figs. 20.2 and 20.9). Spherical forms 1.35-1.45 um in diameter are found in old cultures |
| Motility | Nonmotile |
| Specialized structures | . Cells reproduce by binary fission. Cells lack an extensive cytomembrane system, but occasionally bleblike invaginations of the cytoplasmic membrane occur.. |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Nitrospina gracilis |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | Obligate chemolithotrophs; cells will not grow mixotrophically or heterotrophically |
| Oxygen | Aerobic. |
| pH | |
| Temperature | |
| Requirements | The major source of energy and reducing power is from the oxidation of nitrite to nitrate Optimal growth requires 70-100% seawater. |
| Products | |
| Enzymes | |
| Unique features |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
| Habitat | marine environments |
| Lifestyle | |
| Pathogenicity |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Nitrospina gracilis |
| G+C Mol % | of the type species is 58(Bd). |
| Reference | Nitrospina gracilis |
| First citation | Watson,S. W., and J.B. Waterbury. 1971. Characteristics of two marine nitrite oxidizing bacteria, Nitrospina gracilis nov. gen. nov. sp. and Nitrococcus mobilis nov. gen. nov. sp. Arch. Micriobiol 77:203-230 |
| The Prokaryotes | |
| Bergey's Systematatic | p 1815 S.W. Watson, E. Bock, H. Harms, H-P. Koops, and A. B. Hooper |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 449 |
| References |