NITROBACTERIA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Soil bacteria that convert nitrites to nitrates

Synonyms:

nitric bacteria; nitrobacteria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("nitrobacteria" is a kind of...):

eubacteria; eubacterium; true bacteria (a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella)

Holonyms ("nitrobacteria" is a member of...):

genus Nitrobacter; Nitrobacter (rod-shaped soil bacteria)

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