Cross Index Nitrosospira briensis
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 Nitrosospira briensis
CELLULAR  
Staining Gram-negative.
Morphology Cells are spiral, 0.3-0.4 um in width, with 3-20 turns; the average number of turns is 3-8, and the amplitude of the turns is 0.8-1.0 um. Usually tightly coiled, spherical forms are seen in cultures
Motility Motile or nonmotile.
Specialized structures . Cells reproduce by binary fission. Cells lack cytomembrane system.
Division  
COLONIAL  
Solid surface  
Liquid  

 

Growth Parameters Nitrosospira briensis
PHYSIOLOGICAL  
Tropism Obligate chemolithotrophs
Oxygen Aerobic.
pH  
Temperature  
Requirements The major source of energy and reducing power is from the oxidation of ammonia to nitrite
Products  
Enzymes  
Unique features  
ENVIRONMENTAL  
Habitat Occur in terrestrial and freshwater environments
Lifestyle  
Pathogenicity  
Distribution  

 

Genome Nitrosospira briensis
G+C Mol % 52.2 to 55.4 (Bd,Tm)
  (Watson and Mandel 1971; Koops and Harms 1985).

 

Reference Nitrosospira briensis
First citation Winogradsky,S. and H. Winogradsky. 1933. Etudes sur la microbiologie du sol. VII Nouvelles recherches sur les organismes de la nitrification. Ann. Inst Pasteur (Paris) 50: 350-432
The Prokaryotes  
Bergey's Systematatic p 1830 S.W. Watson, E. Brock, H. Harms, H-P. Koops, and A. B. Hooper
Bergey's Determinative p 450
References