nitrosomonas

English Thesaurus

1. ellipsoidal soil bacteria (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	bacteria genus,
definition	:	a genus of bacteria (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	nitrosobacteria, nitrous bacteria,
definition	:	soil bacteria that oxidize ammonia to nitrites (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family nitrobacteriaceae, nitrobacteriaceae,
definition	:	usually rod-shaped bacteria that oxidize ammonia or nitrites: nitrobacteria (noun.animal)