| physiological and phylogenetic characterization of a novel lithoautotrophic nitrite-oxidizing bacterium, 'candidatus nitrospira bockiana'. | a new isolate of a lithoautotrophic nitrite-oxidizing bacterium was obtained from internal corrosion deposits from a steel pipeline of the moscow heating system. the organism oxidized nitrite as the sole energy source and fixed carbon dioxide as the only carbon source. the cells were extremely pleomorphic: loosely wound spirals, slightly curved and even straight rods were detected, as well as coccoid cells. the highest rate of nitrite consumption (1.5 mm nitrite as substrate) was measured at 42 ... | 2008 | 18175716 |