nitrobacterium

Noun

Meaning

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

Source: WordNet

Hypernyms

bacteria bacterium

Hyponyms

nitrate bacterium nitric bacterium nitrite bacterium nitrous bacterium

Close letter words and terms

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