Nitrosomonadales
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| Nitrosomonadales | |
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| Spirillum | |
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| Kingdom: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
| Class: | Betaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Nitrosomonadales |
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Nitrosomonadaceae |
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The Nitrosomonadales are a small order of Proteobacteria. Like all Proteobacteria, they are gram-negative. They include Nitrosomonas, Nitrosospira, Gallionella (iron bacteria), and Spirillum. The species Spirillum minus causes Rat bite fever.[1]
[edit] References
- Garrity, George M.; Brenner, Don J.; Krieg, Noel R.; Staley, James T. (eds.) (2005). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Volume Two: The Proteobacteria, Part C: The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria. New York, New York: Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-24145-6.
- ^ Gaastra W, Boot R, Ho HT, Lipman LJ (October 2008). "Rat bite fever". Veterinary Microbiology 133 (3): 211–28. doi:10.1016/j.vetmic.2008.09.079. PMID 19008054. http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0378-1135(08)00449-5.
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