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NITROSOBACTERIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nitrosobacteria mean?
• NITROSOBACTERIA (noun)
The noun NITROSOBACTERIA has 1 sense:
1. soil bacteria that oxidize ammonia to nitrites
Familiarity information: NITROSOBACTERIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Soil bacteria that oxidize ammonia to nitrites
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
nitrosobacteria; nitrous bacteria
Hypernyms ("nitrosobacteria" is a kind of...):
eubacteria; eubacterium; true bacteria (a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella)
Holonyms ("nitrosobacteria" is a member of...):
genus Nitrosomonas; Nitrosomonas (ellipsoidal soil bacteria)
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