Nitrososphaera

Nitrososphaera
Scientific classification
Domain:
Archaea
Phylum:
Nitrososphaerota
Class:
Nitrososphaeria
Order:
Nitrososphaerales
Family:
Nitrososphaeraceae
Genus:
Nitrososphaera

Stieglmeier et al. 2014
Type species
Nitrososphaera viennensis
Stieglmeier et al. 2014
Species
Synonyms
  • "Candidatus Nitrososphaera" Hatzenpichler et al. 2008

Nitrososphaera is a mesophilic genus of ammonia-oxidizing Crenarchaeota.[1][2] The first Nitrososphaera organism was discovered in garden soils at the University of Vienna leading to the categorization of a new genus, family, order and class of Archaea.[3] This genus is contains three distinct species: N. viennensis, Ca. N. gargensis, and Ca N. evergladensis.[1] Nitrososphaera are chemolithoautotrophs and have important biogeochemical roles as nitrifying organisms.[4]

  1. ^ a b Stieglmeier M, Klingl A, Alves RJ, Rittmann SK, Melcher M, Leisch N, Schleper C (August 2014). "Nitrososphaera viennensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic and mesophilic, ammonia-oxidizing archaeon from soil and a member of the archaeal phylum Thaumarchaeota". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 64 (Pt 8): 2738–2752. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.063172-0. PMC 4129164. PMID 24907263.
  2. ^ Jung MY, Well R, Min D, Giesemann A, Park SJ, Kim JG, et al. (May 2014). "Isotopic signatures of N2O produced by ammonia-oxidizing archaea from soils". The ISME Journal. 8 (5): 1115–1125. doi:10.1038/ismej.2013.205. PMC 3996685. PMID 24225887.
  3. ^ Whitman WB, Rainey F, Kämpfer P, Trujillo M, Chun J, DeVos P, Hedlund B, Dedysh S, eds. (2015-04-17). Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (1st ed.). Wiley. doi:10.1002/9781118960608.gbm01294. ISBN 978-1-118-96060-8.
  4. ^ Walker CB, de la Torre JR, Klotz MG, Urakawa H, Pinel N, Arp DJ, et al. (May 2010). "Nitrosopumilus maritimus genome reveals unique mechanisms for nitrification and autotrophy in globally distributed marine crenarchaea". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 107 (19): 8818–8823. Bibcode:2010PNAS..107.8818W. doi:10.1073/pnas.0913533107. OCLC 801270696. PMC 2889351. PMID 20421470.