Nitrobacter winogradskyi

Nitrobacter winogradskyi is a gram-negative nitrite-oxidizing bacteria from the genus of Nitrobacter.^[2][3] It is a chemolithoautotroph that derives energy by oxidation of nitrite. Nitrobacter winogradskyi is rod-shaped and is involved in the biological nitrification process that occurs within the nitrogen cycle.

Nitrobacter winogradskyi
TEM image of Nitrobacter winogradskyi strain Nb-255
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Alphaproteobacteria
Order:	Hyphomicrobiales
Family:	Nitrobacteraceae
Genus:	Nitrobacter
Species:	N. winogradskyi
Binomial name
Nitrobacter winogradskyi Winslow et al. 1917[1]
Synonyms
Bacillus nirobakter, Bacterium nitrobacter, Nitrobacter winogradskii[2]