Nitrifying bacterium: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As	nitrifying bacteria • Nitrobacteraceae

Topics

Nitrospina Nitrococcus Nitrosococcus Nitrobacter Nitrosolobus Nitrospira Nitrosomonas Nitrobacter winogradsky Bacteria Nitrogen-fixing bacteria Sulfur bacterium Denitrifying bacteria Lactic-acid bacterium What Are Gut Bacteria?Gram-negative bacterium rickettsia campylobacter Gram-positive bacterium Gliding bacterium

Key People

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Sergey Nikolayevich Winogradsky

Russian microbiologist