Defenition of the word nitrobacterium
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Defenition of the word nitrobacterium
- any of the bacteria in the soil that take part in the nitrogen cycle; they oxidize ammonium compounds into nitrites or oxidize nitrites into nitrates
Hyponyms for the word nitrobacterium
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- nitrate bacterium
- nitric bacterium
- nitrite bacterium
- nitrous bacterium
Hypernyms for the word nitrobacterium
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