ni·tro·bac·te·ri·um (n  tr -b k-tîr  - m)n. pl. ni·tro·bac·te·ri·a (-tîr -) Any of various soil bacteria that take part in the nitrogen cycle, oxidizing ammonium compounds into nitrites or nitrites into nitrates. |
nitrobacteria [ˌnaɪtrəʊbækˈtɪərɪə]
pl n sing -terium [-ˈtɪərɪəm]
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Microbiology) soil bacteria of the order Pseudomonadales that are involved in nitrification, including species of Nitrosomonas and Nitrobacter
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| Noun | 1. | nitrobacteria - soil bacteria that convert nitrites to nitrates eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria - a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella genus Nitrobacter, Nitrobacter - rod-shaped soil bacteria |
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