''Nitrosomonas eutropha'' is an

ammonia Ammonia is an inorganic compound of nitrogen and hydrogen with the formula . A stable binary hydride, and the simplest pnictogen hydride, ammonia is a colourless gas with a distinct pungent smell. Biologically, it is a common nitrogenous was ...

-oxidizing,

Gram-negative Gram-negative bacteria are bacteria that do not retain the crystal violet stain used in the Gram staining method of bacterial differentiation. They are characterized by their cell envelopes, which are composed of a thin peptidoglycan cell wall ...

bacterium Bacteria (; singular: 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 ...

from the genus of ''

Nitrosomonas ''Nitrosomonas'' is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria, belonging to the 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 carbon diox ...

''. Starting in 2014, it was being tested by the biotech company

AOBiome AOBiome is a Boston-based biotech company focused on transforming human health through products that restore ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB). The company is developing a novel class of therapeutics to improve skin health, hypertension, and o ...

for its possible health benefits on skin. AOBiome started a Phase II trial of an intranasal formulation of the bacteria for migraines.

References

External links

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