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NITRITE BACTERIUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of the nitrobacteria that oxidize ammonia into nitrites
Synonyms:
nitrite bacterium; nitrous bacterium
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("nitrite bacterium" is a kind of...):
nitrobacterium (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)
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