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NITROUS BACTERIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nitrous bacteria mean?
• NITROUS BACTERIA (noun)
The noun NITROUS BACTERIA has 1 sense:
1. soil bacteria that oxidize ammonia to nitrites
Familiarity information: NITROUS BACTERIA 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 ("nitrous bacteria" is a kind of...):
eubacteria; eubacterium; true bacteria (a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella)
Holonyms ("nitrous bacteria" is a member of...):
genus Nitrosomonas; Nitrosomonas (ellipsoidal soil bacteria)
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