| Nitrospira moscoviensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Nitrospirota |
| Class: | Nitrospira |
| Order: | Nitrospirales |
| Family: | Nitrospiraceae |
| Genus: | Nitrospira |
| Species: | N. moscoviensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Nitrospira moscoviensis Garrity et al. 2001[1]
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Nitrospira moscoviensis was the second bacterium classified under the most diverse nitrite-oxidizing bacteria phylum, Nitrospirae.[2][3] It is a gram-negative, non-motile, facultative lithoauthotropic bacterium that was discovered in Moscow, Russia in 1995.[2] The genus name, Nitrospira, originates from the prefix “nitro” derived from nitrite, the microbe’s electron donor and “spira” meaning coil or spiral derived from the microbe’s shape.[4] The species name, moscoviensis, is derived from Moscow, where the species was first discovered.[4] N. moscoviensis could potentially be used in the production of bio-degradable polymers.[2]
- ^ Garrity, George; Castenholz, Richard W.; Boone, David R., eds. (2001). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology (2nd ed.). New York, NY: New York, NY. pp. 451–453. ISBN 978-0-387-21609-6.
- ^ a b c Ehrich, S; Behrens, D; Ludwig, W; Bock, E (1995). "A new obligately chemolithoautotrophic, nitrite-oxidizing bacterium, nitrospira moscoviensis sp. nov. and its phylogenetic relationship". Arch Microbiol. 164 (1): 16–23. doi:10.1007/BF02568729. PMID 7646315. S2CID 2702110.
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:4was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Watson, S.W.; Bock, E.; Valois, F.W.; Waterbury, J.B.; Schlosser, U (1986). "Nitrospira marina gen. nov. sp. nov.: a chemolitho- trophic nitrite-oxidizing bacterium". Arch Microbiol. 144 (1): 1–7. doi:10.1007/BF00454947. S2CID 29796511.