NITRITE BACTERIUM

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of the nitrobacteria that oxidize ammonia into nitrites

Synonyms:

nitrite bacterium; nitrous bacterium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("nitrite bacterium" is a kind of...):

nitrobacterium (any of the bacteria in the soil that take part in the nitrogen cycle; they oxidize ammonium compounds into nitrites or oxidize nitrites into nitrates)

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