GENUS NITROSOMONAS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Nitrosomonas mean? 

• GENUS NITROSOMONAS (noun)
  The noun GENUS NITROSOMONAS has 1 sense:

1. ellipsoidal soil bacteria

  Familiarity information: GENUS NITROSOMONAS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS NITROSOMONAS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Ellipsoidal soil bacteria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Nitrosomonas; Nitrosomonas

Hypernyms ("genus Nitrosomonas" is a kind of...):

bacteria genus (a genus of bacteria)

Meronyms (members of "genus Nitrosomonas"):

nitrosobacteria; nitrous bacteria (soil bacteria that oxidize ammonia to nitrites)

Holonyms ("genus Nitrosomonas" is a member of...):

family Nitrobacteriaceae; Nitrobacteriaceae (usually rod-shaped bacteria that oxidize ammonia or nitrites: nitrobacteria)