NITROUS BACTERIA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Soil bacteria that oxidize ammonia to nitrites

Synonyms:

nitrosobacteria; nitrous bacteria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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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