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THE nitrifying bacteria, like the sulphur microorganisms, have been studied almost entirely from a physiological aspect. With the exception of Nitrosomonas and Nitrobacter, the descriptions of the various genera have been copied from those given by the original investigators1. This has led to the description of nitrifying genera with the morphological characters of Myxobacteria, with which the cultures were, apparently, contaminated.
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GRACE, J. Myxobacteria Mistaken for Nitrifying Bacteria. Nature 168, 117 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/168117a0
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