Nitrosococcus

Nitrosococcus is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria.^[4] It is an ammonia-oxidizing bacterium which oxidizes ammonia into nitrite. Nitrosococcus can be found in marine environments and salt lakes.^[1]

Nitrosococcus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Gammaproteobacteria
Order:	Chromatiales
Family:	Chromatiaceae[1]
Genus:	Nitrosococcus Winogradsky 1892 (Approved Lists 1980)
Type species
Nitrosococcus nitrosus (Migula 1900) Buchanan 1925 (Approved Lists 1980)
Species[2]
"Nitrosococcus halophilus" Campbell et al. 2011 "Nitrosococcus mobilis" Koops et al. 1976 Nitrosococcus nitrosus (Migula 1900) Buchanan 1925 (Approved Lists 1980) Nitrosococcus oceani corrig. (Watson 1965) Watson 1971 (Approved Lists 1980) "Nitrosococcus wardiae" Wang et al. 2016[3] "Nitrosococcus watsonii" Campbell et al. 2011[1]
Synonyms
"Nitrosocystis Watson 1965

References

1. Campbell MA, Chain PS, Dang H, El Sheikh AF, Norton JM, Ward NL, Ward BB, Klotz MG (2011). "Nitrosococcus watsonii sp. nov., a new species of marine obligate ammonia-oxidizing bacteria that is not omnipresent in the world's oceans: Calls to validate the names 'Nitrosococcus halophilus' and 'Nitrosomonas mobilis'.". FEMS Microbiol Ecol. 76 (1): 39–48. Bibcode:2011FEMME..76...39C. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.01027.x. PMID 21204874.
2. Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Nitrosococcus". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved May 22, 2021.
3. Wang L, Lim CK, Dang H, Hanson TE, Klotz MG (2016). "D1FHS, the Type Strain of the Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacterium Nitrosococcus wardiae spec. nov.: Enrichment, Isolation, Phylogenetic, and Growth Physiological Characterization". Front Microbiol. 7: 512. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2016.00512. PMC 4830845. PMID 27148201.
4. George M. Garrity: Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. 2. Auflage. Springer, New York, 2005, Volume 2: The Proteobacteria, Part B: The Gammaproteobacteria