Nitrobacter

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Nitrobacter
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Alpha Proteobacteria
Order: Rhizobiales
Family: Bradyrhizobiaceae
Genus: Nitrobacter
Winogradsky 1892
Species

N. alkalicus
N. hamburgensis
N. vulgaris
N. winogradskyi

Nitrobacter is a rod-shaped bacteria that is an important part of the nitrogen cycle, oxidizing nitrite in the soil into nitrate.

NO2- + 1/2O2 -> NO3-

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