- nitrosobacteria
- ni·tro·so·bac·te·ria (ni-tro″so-bak-teґre-ə) plural of nitrosobacterium.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
nitrosobacteria
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nitrosobacteria — ni·tro·so·bacteria … English syllables
nitrosobacteria — noun soil bacteria that oxidize ammonia to nitrites • Syn: ↑nitrous bacteria • Hypernyms: ↑eubacteria, ↑eubacterium, ↑true bacteria • Member Holonyms: ↑Nitrosomonas, ↑genu … Useful english dictionary
eubacteria — noun a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella • Syn: ↑eubacterium, ↑true bacteria • Hypernyms: ↑bacteria, ↑bacterium, ↑moneran, ↑moneron • Hyponym … Useful english dictionary
eubacterium — noun a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella • Syn: ↑eubacteria, ↑true bacteria • Hypernyms: ↑bacteria, ↑bacterium, ↑moneran, ↑moneron • Hyponyms … Useful english dictionary
genus Nitrosomonas — noun ellipsoidal soil bacteria • Syn: ↑Nitrosomonas • Hypernyms: ↑bacteria genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Nitrobacteriaceae, ↑family Nitrobacteriaceae • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
nitrobacteria — noun soil bacteria that convert nitrites to nitrates • Syn: ↑nitric bacteria • Hypernyms: ↑eubacteria, ↑eubacterium, ↑true bacteria • Member Holonyms: ↑Nitrobacter, ↑genus Ni … Useful english dictionary
Nitrosomonas — noun ellipsoidal soil bacteria • Syn: ↑genus Nitrosomonas • Hypernyms: ↑bacteria genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Nitrobacteriaceae, ↑family Nitrobacteriaceae • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
nitrous bacteria — noun soil bacteria that oxidize ammonia to nitrites • Syn: ↑nitrosobacteria • Hypernyms: ↑eubacteria, ↑eubacterium, ↑true bacteria • Member Holonyms: ↑Nitrosomonas, ↑genus … Useful english dictionary
nitrous bacterium — noun any of the nitrobacteria that oxidize ammonia into nitrites • Syn: ↑nitrite bacterium • Hypernyms: ↑nitrobacterium * * * noun : a bacterium that oxidizes ammonia to nitrites : one of the nitrosobacteria … Useful english dictionary
true bacteria — noun a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella • Syn: ↑eubacteria, ↑eubacterium • Hypernyms: ↑bacteria, ↑bacterium, ↑moneran, ↑moneron • Hyponyms … Useful english dictionary
