Nitrobacter vulgaris

Nitrobacter vulgaris is a rod-shaped, Gram-negative, and a chemoautotrophic bacterium. It plays an important role in the nitrogen cycle by oxidizing nitrite into nitrate in soil. It cannot tolerate highly alkaline (NH₄+) conditions.

Nitrobacter vulgaris
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Alphaproteobacteria
Order:	Hyphomicrobiales
Family:	Nitrobacteraceae
Genus:	Nitrobacter
Species:	N. vulgaris
Binomial name
Nitrobacter vulgaris Bock et al. 2001

NO₂- + 1/2O₂ -> NO₃-

Genomics

• Nitrobacter Genome Projects (from Genomes OnLine Database)
• Comparative Analysis of Nitrobacter Genomes (at DOE's IMG system)

External links

• Type strain of Nitrobacter vulgaris at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase