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SUBMITTER: Bollmann A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3764937 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Standards in genomic sciences 20130225 3
Nitrosomonas sp. Is79 is a chemolithoautotrophic ammonia-oxidizing bacterium that belongs to the family Nitrosomonadaceae within the phylum Proteobacteria. Ammonia oxidation is the first step of nitrification, an important process in the global nitrogen cycle ultimately resulting in the production of nitrate. Nitrosomonas sp. Is79 is an ammonia oxidizer of high interest because it is adapted to low ammonium and can be found in freshwater environments around the world. The 3,783,444-bp chromosome ...[more]