Nitrosomonas aestuarii is a gram-negative, aerobe, bacterium from the genus of Nitrosomonas which metabolize ammonia to nitrite for its source of energy.Michael T. Madigan, John M. Martinko, Jack Parker: Brock - Mikrobiologie. 11. Auflage. Pearson Studium, München 2006, George M. Garrity: Bergey’s manual of systematic bacteriology. 2. Auflage. Springer, New York 2005, Vol. 2: The Proteobacteria Part C: The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteabacteria, WoRMS World Register of Marine Species
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