Nitrospira moscoviensis was the second bacterium classified under the most diverse nitrite-oxidizing bacteria phylum, Nitrospirae.[2][3] It is a gram-negative, non-motile, facultative lithoauthotropic bacterium that was discovered in Moscow, Russia in 1995.[2] The genus name, Nitrospira, originates from the prefix “nitro” derived from nitrite, the microbe’s electron donor and “spira” meaning coil or spiral derived from the microbe’s shape.[4] The species name, moscoviensis, is derived from Moscow, where the species was first discovered.[4]N. moscoviensis could potentially be used in the production of bio-degradable polymers.[2]
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cultivated. For the following description, Nitrospiramoscoviensis will be representative of the Nitrospira genus. Nitrospira is a gram-negative nitrite-oxidizing...
as Nitrospira, the largest. The first member of this phylum, Nitrospira marina, was discovered in 1985. The second member, Nitrospiramoscoviensis, was...
genera such as Nitrosomonas, Nitrosococcus, Nitrobacter, Nitrospina, Nitrospira and Nitrococcus. These bacteria get their energy from the oxidation of...
immunocytochemical location of the nitrite-oxidizing system in nitrospiramoscoviensis". Arch. Microbiol. 169 (3): 225–30. Bibcode:1998ArMic.169..225S...
obligately chemolithoautotrophic, nitrite-oxidizing bacterium, Nitrospiramoscoviensis sp. nov. and its phylogenetic relationship". Archives of Microbiology...