| Cross Index | Nitrosovibrio tenuis |
| 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 | Nitrosovibrio tenuis |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | Gram-negative |
| Morphology | Slender curved rods, 0.3-0.4 x 1.1-3.0 um. Spherical forms 1.0- 1.2 um in diameter present in the early stationary phase of growth |
| Motility | .. Motile or nonmotile. When motile, cells possess 1-4 subpolar to lateral flagella. |
| Specialized structures | . Extensive cytomembranes lacking Carboxysomes and other inclusion bodies not evident |
| Division | binary fission |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Nitrosovibrio tenuis |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | Chemolithotrophs; cells can grow mixotrophically but not heterotrophically. |
| Oxygen | Aerobic |
| pH | optimum pH 7-5-7.8 |
| Temperature | optimum 25-30oC |
| Requirements | Major source of energy and reducing power is from the oxidation of ammonia to nitrite |
| Products | |
| Enzymes | |
| Unique features |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
| Habitat | freshwater enriched with ammonia and other inorganic salts, First isolated from soils in Hawaii, |
| Lifestyle | |
| Pathogenicity |
| Distribution | morphologically and gentetically similar microbes appear to be ubiquitous in the soil |
| Genome | Nitrosovibrio tenuis |
| G+C Mol % | 53.9 (Tm) |
| Reference | Nitrosovibrio tenuis |
| First citation | Harms,H., H-P. Koops, and H. Wehrmann. 1976. An ammonia-oxidizing bacteium, Nitrosovibrio tenuis nov. gen. nov. sp. Arch. Microbio 128: 280-281 |
| The Prokaryotes | |
| Bergey's Systematatic | p 1833 S.W. Watson, E. Bock, H. Harms, H-P. Koops, and A. B. Hooper. |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 450 |
| References |