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nitrobacteria

nitrobacteria is the plural of nitrobacterium.

Meaning of nitrobacterium

Noun

nitrobacterium (plural nitrobacteria)

  1. 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.

Questions about nitrobacteria

What is nitrobacteria the plural of?
Nitrobacteria is the plural of nitrobacterium.

Words near nitrobacteria in the dictionary

  1. nitroaromatic
  2. nitroaromatics
  3. nitroaryl
  4. nitroaryls
  5. nitrobacter
  6. nitrobacteria
  7. nitrobacterial
  8. nitrobacterium
  9. nitrobacters
  10. nitrobarite
  11. nitrobenzaldehyde

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