Nitratifractor Nakagawa et al. 2005
General information
Name
Nitratifractor
Valid publication
2005
Nomenclature type
Nitratifractor salsuginis
Etymology
N.L. masc. n. <i>nitras</i> -<i>atis</i>, nitrate; L. masc. n. <i>fractor</i>, breaker; N.L. masc. n. <i>Nitratifractor</i>, nitrate-breaker (-reducer).
Description and emendation
Original Description
expand / minimize
Non-motile short rods that stain Gram-negative. Anaerobic to microaerobic. Mesophilic. Strictly chemolithoautotrophic. Able to utilize molecular hydrogen as an electron donor and oxygen or nitrate as an electron acceptor. NaCl absolutely required for growth. Major cellular fatty acids are C18:1, C16:1 and C16:0. Members of the genus Nitratifractor occur in deep-sea hydrothermal fields. The G+C content of genomic DNA is about 35 mol%.
Subdivision(s)
MID | Name | Rank | Taxon ID |
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M022505010002001 | Nitratifractor salsuginis | Species | 269261 |
References
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Nakagawa, S., Takai, K., Inagaki, F., Horikoshi, K., and Sako, Y. Nitratiruptor tergarcus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Nitratifractor salsuginis gen. nov., sp. nov., nitrate-reducing chemolithoautotrophs of the [epsilon]-Proteobacteria isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal system in the Mid-Okinawa Trough. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2005) 55:925-933.[DOI:10.1099/ijs.0.63480-0]
[PMID:15774687]