''Nitrosomonas eutropha'' is an

ammonia Ammonia is an inorganic chemical compound of nitrogen and hydrogen with the chemical formula, formula . A Binary compounds of hydrogen, stable binary hydride and the simplest pnictogen hydride, ammonia is a colourless gas with a distinctive pu ...

-oxidizing,

Gram-negative Gram-negative bacteria are bacteria that, unlike gram-positive bacteria, do not retain the crystal violet stain used in the Gram staining method of bacterial differentiation. Their defining characteristic is that their cell envelope consists ...

bacterium Bacteria (; : bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one biological cell. They constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria were among the ...

from the genus of ''

Nitrosomonas ''Nitrosomonas'' is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria belonging to the class Betaproteobacteria. It is one of the five genera of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and, as an obligate chemolithoautotroph, uses ammonia (NH3) as an energy source and c ...

''. Starting in 2014, it was being tested by the biotech company AOBiome for its possible health benefits on skin. AOBiome started a Phase II trial of an intranasal formulation of the bacteria for migraines.

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External links

Type strain of ''Nitrosomonas eutropha'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Gram-negative bacteria Nitrosomonadaceae Bacteria described in 2001 {{Betaproteobacteria-stub