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SINCE Nitrosomonas, a bacterium which oxidizes ammonia to nitrite, was discovered by Warington1 and the Franklands2 and first isolated by Winogradsky3, nearly sixty years ago, there are only a few records of its isolation in pure culture.
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MEIKLEJOHN, J. Isolation of Nitrosomonas from Rothamsted Soil. Nature 164, 667 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/164667b0
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