Nitrososphaera
Sign in to saveNitrososphaera is a mesophilic genus of ammonia-oxidizing Crenarchaeota. The first Nitrososphaera organism was discovered in garden soils at the University of Vienna leading to the categorization of a new genus, family, order and class of Archaea. This genus contains three distinct species: N. viennensis, Ca. N. gargensis, and Ca N. evergladensis. Nitrososphaera are chemolithoautotrophs and have important biogeochemical roles as nitrifying organisms.
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- KingdomArchaea
- PhylumThermoproteota
- ClassNitrososphaeria
- OrderNitrososphaerales
- FamilyNitrososphaeraceae
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- Nitrification and environmental impact
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Nitrososphaera is a mesophilic genus of ammonia-oxidizing Crenarchaeota. The first Nitrososphaera organism was discovered in garden soils at the University of Vienna leading to the categorization of a new genus, family, order and class of Archaea. This genus contains three distinct species: N. viennensis, Ca. N. gargensis, and Ca N. evergladensis. Nitrososphaera are chemolithoautotrophs and have important biogeochemical roles as nitrifying organisms.
==Phylogeny== The Nitrososphaera genus contains one of the first discovered ammonia-oxidizing archaea (N. viennensis). Only three distinct species of this genus have been identified. Both Ca. N. gargensis, and Ca N. Evergladensis are known as Candidatus, which have been discovered and analyzed but have yet been studied in pure culture in a lab. The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Cladogram was taken from GTDB release 07-RS207 (8 April 2022).