| Cross Index | Nitrococcus mobilis |
| 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 | Nitrococcus mobilis |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | Gram negative |
| Morphology | Spherical cells 1.5 um or more in diameter occurring singly or in pairs. |
| Motility | Motile by means of 1 flagellum or 2 flagella. |
| Specialized structures | Cells reproduce by binary fission. Cells possess tubular cytomembranes randomly arranged throughout the cytoplasm . |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Nitrococcus mobilis |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | Obligate chemo-lithotrophs |
| Oxygen | Aerobic. |
| pH | pH range: 6.8-8.0 |
| Temperature | Temperature range for growth: 15-30`C |
| Requirements | The major source of energy and reducing power is from the oxidation of nitrite to nitrate Optimal growth occurs in 70-100% seawater enriched with nitrite and other inorganic salts. No organic growth factors are required |
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| Unique features |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
| Habitat | marine environments |
| Lifestyle | |
| Pathogenicity |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Nitrococcus mobilis |
| G+C Mol % | of the type species is 61.2 (Bd). |
| Reference | Nitrococcus mobilis |
| 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 | p1816 S.W. Watson, E. Bock, H. Harms, H-P. Koops, and A. B. Hooper |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 449 |
| References |