Nitrososphaera

Nitrososphaera
Scientific classification
Domain:	Archaea
Kingdom:	Crenarchaeota
Phylum:	Thaumarchaeota
Class:	Nitrososphaeria
Order:	Nitrososphaerales
Family:	Nitrososphaeraceae
Genus:	Nitrososphaera

Nitrososphaera is a genus of ammonia oxidizing archaeans in the order Nitrososphaerales.^[1]

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus.^[1]

• Nitrososphaera viennensis
• Candidatus Nitrososphaera gargensis

References

1. Tourna, Maria; Stieglmeier, Michaela; Spang, Anja; Könneke, Martin; Schintlmeister, Arno; Urich, Tim; Engel, Marion; Schloter, Michael; et al. (2011). "Nitrososphaera viennensis, an ammonia oxidizing archaeon from soil". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108 (20): 8420–5. doi:10.1073/pnas.1013488108. PMC 3100973. PMID 21525411.

Further reading

• Zhalnina, Kateryna; Dias, Raquel; Leonard, Michael; de Quadros, Patricia; Camargo, Flavio; Drew, Jennifer; Farmerie, William; Daroub, Samira; Triplett, Eric (July 7, 2014). "Genome Sequence of Candidatus Nitrososphaera evergladensis from Group I.1b Enriched from Everglades Soil Reveals Novel Genomic Features of the Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea". PLoS ONE. 9 (7). e101648. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0101648. PMC 4084955. PMID 24999826.
• Zhalnina, Kateryna; de Quadros, Patricia D.; Gano, Kelsey A.; Davis-Richardson, Austin; Fagen, Jennie R.; Brown, Christopher T.; Giongo, Adriana; Drew, Jennifer C.; Sayavedra-Soto, Luis A.; Arp, Dan J.; Camargo, Flavio A. O.; Daroub, Samira H.; Clark, Ian M.; McGrath, Steve P.; Hirsch, Penny R.; Triplett, Eric W. (1 May 2013). "Ca. Nitrososphaera and Bradyrhizobium are inversely correlated and related to agricultural practices in long-term field experiments". Frontiers in Microbiology. 4. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2013.00104. Retrieved 11 November 2014.