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What is the difference between nitrosomonas and nitrobacter?

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Nitrosomonas: genus Of rod shaped chemoautotrophic bacteria. This organism oxidizes ammonia into nitrite as a metabolic process.
Nitrobacter: genus comprising rod shaped, gram-negative, and chemoautotrophic Bacteria. The cells are obligate aerobes and have a doubling time of about 13 hours

Pick apart these definitions into differences, there is your answer
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I don’t know really tbh sorry
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