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English noun: nitrobacterium

1. nitrobacterium (animal) 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


Broader (hypernym)bacteria, bacterium


Narrower (hyponym)nitrate bacterium, nitric bacterium, nitrite bacterium, nitrous bacterium









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