Nitrobacter winogradskyi | |
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TEM image of Nitrobacter winogradskyi strain Nb-255 | |
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Species: | N. winogradskyi
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Nitrobacter winogradskyi Winslow et al. 1917[1]
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Bacillus nirobakter, Bacterium nitrobacter, Nitrobacter winogradskii[2] |
Nitrobacter winogradskyi is a gram-negative nitrite-oxidizing bacteria from the genus of Nitrobacter.[2][3] It is a chemolithoautotroph that derives energy by oxidation of nitrite. Nitrobacter winogradskyi is rod-shaped and is involved in the biological nitrification process that occurs within the nitrogen cycle.