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Nitrobacterium Moderate

Nitrobacterium has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

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Noun
1

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

2

Any of the several genera of bacteria in soil that take part in the nitrogen cycle, oxidizing ammonium and organic nitrogen compounds to the more soluble nitrite and nitrate.

See Also
nitrite nitrobacterial oxidize nitrogen nitrobacteria ammonium organic bacteria
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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
bacteria
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
nitrate bacterium nitrite bacterium
Rhyming Words
ium sium ilium opium apium arium mnium onium odium aecium corium helium cilium lycium aprium radium lilium nerium galium indium
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