Nitrobacteraceae

rdf:langString Nitrobacteraceae

rdf:langString corrig. Buchanan 1917

rdf:langString * Afipia (Brenner et al. 1992) * Blastobacter (Zavarzin 1961 ) * Bradyrhizobium (Jordan 1982) * Nitrobacter (Winogradsky 1892 ) * Pseudolabrys (Kämpfer et al. 2006) * Pseudorhodoplanes (Tirandaz et al. 2015) * Rhodoplanes (Hiraishi and Ueda 1994) * Rhodopseudomonas (Czurda and Maresch 1937 ) * Tardiphaga (De Meyer et al. 2012) * Variibacter (Kim et al. 2014)

rdf:langString Genera

rdf:langString * Nitrobacteriaceae (Buchanan 1917 ) * Bradyrhizobiaceae (Garrity et al. 2006)

rdf:langString Nitrobacteraceae

rdf:langString The Nitrobacteraceae are a family of gram-negative, aerobic bacteria. They include plant-associated bacteria such as Bradyrhizobium, a genus of rhizobia associated with some legumes. It also contains animal-associated bacteria such as Afipia felis, formerly thought to cause cat-scratch disease. Others are free-living, such as Rhodopseudomonas, a purple bacterium found in marine water and soils. The strain Rhodopseudomonas palustris DX-1 can generate an electric current with no hydrogen production, a trait being explored in the development of the microbial fuel cell. The genus Afipia has also been found in the atmosphere, where it uses methylsulfonylmethane as a carbon source. The bacteria of this family derive their energy from oxidizing ammonia to nitrite, or by oxidizing nitrite to nitrate. They are commonly found in freshwater and soil.