| a new obligately chemolithoautotrophic, nitrite-oxidizing bacterium, nitrospira moscoviensis sp. nov. and its phylogenetic relationship. | a gram-negative, non-motile, non-marine, nitrite-oxidizing bacterium was isolated from an enrichment culture initiated with a sample from a partially corroded area of an iron pipe of a heating system in moscow, russia. the cells were 0.9-2.2 microns x 0.2-0.4 microns in size. they were helical- to vibroid-shaped and often formed spirals with up to three turns 0.8-1.0 micron in width. the organism possessed an enlarged periplasmic space and lacked intracytoplasmic membranes and carboxysomes. the ... | 1995 | 7646315 |