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nitrous bacterium

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nitrous bacterium

n.

See nitrite bacterium.

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nitrous bacterium - any of the nitrobacteria that oxidize ammonia into nitrites

nitrite bacterium

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

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