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NITROBACTERIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nitrobacteria mean?
• NITROBACTERIA (noun)
The noun NITROBACTERIA has 1 sense:
1. soil bacteria that convert nitrites to nitrates
Familiarity information: NITROBACTERIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Soil bacteria that convert nitrites to nitrates
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
nitric bacteria; nitrobacteria
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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