Nitrospira moscoviensis
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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]
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Nitrospira moscoviensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Nitrospirota |
Class: | Nitrospira |
Order: | Nitrospirales |
Family: | Nitrospiraceae |
Genus: | Nitrospira |
Species: | N. moscoviensis |
Binomial name | |
Nitrospira moscoviensis Garrity et al. 2001[1] | |
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