nitrite bacterium
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1. any of the nitrobacteria that oxidize ammonia into nitrites (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | nitrobacterium, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.animal) |
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