Abstract:[Objective]Denitrifying bacteria play an important role in the biological nitrogen removal process.However,there are few studies about hypothermia nitrite denitrifying bacteria.We isolated a hypothermia and aerobic nitritedenitrifying bacterium (named as Y-11) from the long-term flooded paddy soil.Aims of this paper were to clarify the phylogeny and denitrifying characteristics of strain Y-11.[Methods] Morphological observation,specific phospholipid fatty acid and 16S rRNA analysis were employed to identify strain Y-11. Denitrification characteristics of strain Y-11,such as temperature,shaking speed,initial pH and carbon source were investigated by using shaking culture in Erlenmeyer flask.[Results] Strain Y-11 with high removal efficiency of nitrite and total nitrogen was identified as Pseudomonas tolaasii. The optimum conditions of Y-11effectively removing nitrite nitrogen and total nitrogen were: initial pH7.0; 15 ℃; shaking speed 200 r/min; inoculum size 1.5×108 CFU per 100 mL medium; sodium acetate as carbon source; and nitrite nitrogen 10 mg/L.Strain Y-11 can remove nitrite nitrogen and total nitrogen up to 100% and 61.28% within 48 h.[Conclusion]Strain Y-11 was identified as Pseudomonas tolaasii with its potential nitrite polluted water treatment during early winter and late spring.