Nitrospirota
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Not to be confused with Nitrospinota.
Phylum of bacteria
| Nitrospirota | |
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Nitrospirota Garrity & Holt 2021[1] |
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Nitrospirota is a phylum of bacteria. It includes multiple genera, such as Nitrospira , the largest. The first member of this phylum, Nitrospira marina , was discovered in 1985.[2] The second member, Nitrospira moscoviensis , was discovered in 1995.[3] [4]
Nitrospirota contains nitrifying taxa which oxidize nitrite to nitrate (nitrite-oxidizing bacteria, NOB[5] ) and commamox bacteria Nitrospira inopinata discovered in 2015[6] [7] and cultivated in 2017.[8]
Phylogeny
[edit ]| 16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024[9] [10] [11] | 120 marker proteins based GTDB 09-RS220[12] [13] [14] |
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Thermodesulfovibrionia
Dissulfurispiraceae
Thermodesulfovibrionaceae
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Nitrospiria
"Troglogloeales"
"Manganitrophaceae"
"Ca. Manganitrophus"
"Sulfobiaceae"
"Ca. Sulfobium"
"Magnetobacteriaceae"
"Ca. Magnetocorallium"
"Ca. Magnetobacterium"
"Ca. Magnetominusculus"
