Cross Index Nitrosococcus
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
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Morphology Nitrosococcus
CELLULAR  
Staining Gram-negative
Morphology Spherical cells occurring singly, in pairs and as tetrads and often becoming embedded in slime, forming aggregates
Motility Motile by means of a tuft of flagella or a single flagellum
Specialized structures Cells reproduce by binary fission. Cells have intracytoplasmic membranes arranged centrally, peripherally or randomly in the cytoplasm
Division  
COLONIAL  
Solid surface  
Liquid  

 

Growth Parameters Nitrosococcus
PHYSIOLOGICAL  
Tropism Chemolithotrophs; cells can grow mixotrophically but not heterotrophically
Oxygen Aerobic
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Temperature  
Requirements The major source of energy and reducing power is from the oxidation of ammonia to nitrite.
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Unique features  
ENVIRONMENTAL  
Habitat Occur in soils, open oceans, salt lakes, brackish waters and industrial sewage disposal systems.
Lifestyle  
Pathogenicity  
Distribution  

 

Genome Nitrosococcus
G+C Mol % 48 to 51 (Bd, Tm)
   

 

Reference Nitrosococcus
First citation Winogradsky, S.1892. Contributions a la morphologie des organismes de la nitrification. Arch. Sci. Biol. (St. Petersb) 1:86-137
Judicial Commission. 1958. Opinion 23
The Prokaryotes  
Bergey's Systematatic p1827 S.W. Watson, E. Bock, H. Harms, H-P. Koops, and A. B. Hooper.
Bergey's Determinative p 450
References