Nitrospirota

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Nitrospirota
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Nitrospirota
Garrity & Holt 2021[1]
Classes & Orders
Synonyms
  • "Nitrospirae" Garrity and Holt 2001
  • "Nitrospiraeota" Oren et al. 2015
  • "Nitrospirota" Whitman et al. 2018

The Nitrospirota are a phylum of bacteria. They include multiple genera such as Nitrospira, the largest.

History of knowledge

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The first member of this phylum, Nitrospira marina, was discovered in 1985.[2] The second member, Nitrospira moscoviensis, was discovered in 1995.[3][4] Nitrospira inopinata was discovered in 2015[5][6] and cultivated in 2017.[7]

Metabolism

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Nitrospirota contains nitrifying taxa which oxidize nitrite to nitrate (nitrite-oxidizing bacteria, NOB[8]) and commamox bacteria: Nitrospira inopinata.[5][6] Dissulfurispira thermophila (Thermodesulfovibrionia) grows by disproportionation of thiosulfate or elemental sulfur.[9]

Phylogeny

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16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024[10][11][12] 120 marker proteins based GTDB 09-RS220[13][14][15]
Thermodesulfovibrionia
Dissulfurispiraceae

Dissulfurispira

Thermodesulfovibrionaceae

Thermodesulfovibrio

Thermodesulfovibrionales
Nitrospiria
"Troglogloeales"
"Manganitrophaceae"

"Ca. Manganitrophus"

Nitrospirales
Thermodesulfovibrionia
"Sulfobiaceae"

"Ca. Sulfobium"

"Magnetobacteriaceae"
Thermodesulfovibrionaceae

Thermodesulfovibrio

Dissulfurispiraceae
Thermodesulfovibrionales

Taxonomy

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The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LSPN)[16] and the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).[4]

See also

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References

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Further reading

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