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nitrobacterium

noun

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

• Hypernyms: ↑bacteria, ↑bacterium

• Hyponyms: ↑nitrate bacterium, ↑nitric bacterium, ↑nitrite bacterium, ↑nitrous bacterium

Useful english dictionary. 2012.