Nitrosopumilus

Nitrosopumilus maritimus is an extremely common archaeon living in seawater. It is the first member of the Group 1a Thaumarchaeota to be isolated in pure culture. Gene sequences suggest that the Group 1a Thaumarchaeota are ubiquitous with the oligotrophic surface ocean and can be found in most non-coastal marine waters around the planet.[1] It is one of the smallest living organisms at 0.2 micrometers in diameter. It lives by oxidizing ammonia to nitrite. N. maritimus is capable of oxidizing ammonia at levels as low as 10 nanomolar, near the limit to sustain its life.[2] This organism was isolated from sediment in a tropical tank at the Seattle Aquarium by a group led by David Stahl (University of Washington).[3] In taxonomy, "Candidatus Nitrosopumilus" is a genus of the Nitrosopumilaceae.[4]

Nitrosopumilus
Scientific classification
Domain:
Archaea
Kingdom:
"Proteoarchaeota"
Phylum:
Thaumarchaeota
Class:
Thermoprotei
Order:
Nitrosopumilales
Family:
Nitrosopumilaceae
Genus:
Nitrosopumilus
Species
Synonyms
  • "Candidatus Nitrosopumilus" Konneke et al. 2005

References
  1. Walker, C. B.; de la Torre, J. R.; Klotz, M. G.; Urakawa, H.; Pinel, N.; Arp, D. J.; Brochier-Armanet, C.; Chain, P. S. G.; Chan, P. P. (2010-05-11). "Nitrosopumilus maritimus genome reveals unique mechanisms for nitrification and autotrophy in globally distributed marine crenarchaea". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 107 (19): 8818–8823. Bibcode:2010PNAS..107.8818W. doi:10.1073/pnas.0913533107. ISSN 1091-6490. PMC 2889351. PMID 20421470.
  2. http://www.physorg.com/news173538255.html Planet's nitrogen cycle overturned by 'tiny ammonia eater of the seas' Hannah Hickey 2009-09-30 originally based on a Nature publication by Willm Martens-Habbena, David Stahl
  3. Könneke, Martin; Bernhard, Anne E.; de la Torre, José R.; Walker, Christopher B.; Waterbury, John B.; Stahl, David A. (22 September 2005). "Isolation of an autotrophic ammonia-oxidizing marine archaeon". Nature. 437 (7058): 543–546. Bibcode:2005Natur.437..543K. doi:10.1038/nature03911. PMID 16177789.
  4. See the NCBI webpage on "Candidatus Nitrosopumilus". Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.

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