HyperDic: nitrous_bacteria

English > 1 sense of the expression nitrous bacteria:
NOUNanimalnitrous bacteria, nitrosobacteriasoil bacteria that oxidize ammonia to nitrites
English > nitrous bacteria: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningsoil bacteria that oxidize ammonia to nitrites.
Synonymnitrosobacteria
Member ofNitrosomonas, genus Nitrosomonasellipsoidal soil bacteria
Broadereubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteriaA large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls

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