family nitrobacteriaceae

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1. usually rod-shaped bacteria that oxidize ammonia or nitrites: nitrobacteria (noun.animal)

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

member holonym	:	genus nitrobacter, nitrobacter,
definition	:	rod-shaped soil bacteria (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	genus nitrosomonas, nitrosomonas,
definition	:	ellipsoidal soil bacteria (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	order pseudomonadales, pseudomonadales,
definition	:	one of two usually recognized orders of true bacteria; Gram-negative spiral or spherical or rod-shaped bacteria usually motile by polar flagella; some contain photosynthetic pigments (noun.animal)