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nitrobacterium

DEFINITIONS OF: nitrobacterium

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n 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

Types:
nitrate bacterium, nitric bacterium
any of the nitrobacteria that oxidize nitrites into nitrates
nitrite bacterium, nitrous bacterium
any of the nitrobacteria that oxidize ammonia into nitrites
Type of:
bacteria, bacterium
(microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants
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