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NITROBACTERIACEAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Usually rod-shaped bacteria that oxidize ammonia or nitrites: nitrobacteria

Synonyms:

family Nitrobacteriaceae; Nitrobacteriaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Nitrobacteriaceae" is a kind of...):

bacteria genus (a genus of bacteria)

Meronyms (members of "Nitrobacteriaceae"):

genus Nitrobacter; Nitrobacter (rod-shaped soil bacteria)

genus Nitrosomonas; Nitrosomonas (ellipsoidal soil bacteria)

Holonyms ("Nitrobacteriaceae" is a member of...):

order Pseudomonadales; Pseudomonadales (one of two usually recognized orders of true bacteria; Gram-negative spiral or spherical or rod-shaped bacteria usually motile by polar flagella; some contain photosynthetic pigments)

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