HyperDic: nitrobacteriaceae

English > 1 sense of the word Nitrobacteriaceae:
NOUNanimalNitrobacteriaceae, family Nitrobacteriaceaeusually rod-shaped bacteria that oxidize ammonia or nitrites
English > Nitrobacteriaceae: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningusually rod-shaped bacteria that oxidize ammonia or nitrites: nitrobacteria.
Synonymfamily Nitrobacteriaceae
Member ofPseudomonadales, order PseudomonadalesOne of two usually recognized orders of true bacteria
MembersNitrobacter, genus Nitrobacterrod-shaped soil bacteria
Nitrosomonas, genus Nitrosomonasellipsoidal soil bacteria
Broaderbacteria genusA genus of bacteria
Spanishfamilia Nitrobacteriaceae, family nitrobacteriaceae, nitrobacteriaceae, Nitrobacteriaceae
Catalanfamily nitrobacteriaceae, nitrobacteriaceae

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