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nounsoil bacteria that convert nitrites to nitrates
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- nitrite bacterium any of the nitrobacteria that oxidize ammonia into nitrites
- family nitrobacteriaceae usually rod-shaped bacteria that oxidize ammonia or nitrites: nitrobacteria
- nitrobacteriaceae usually rod-shaped bacteria that oxidize ammonia or nitrites: nitrobacteria
- nitrate bacterium any of the nitrobacteria that oxidize nitrites into nitrates
- nitrous bacterium any of the nitrobacteria that oxidize ammonia into nitrites
- nitric bacterium any of the nitrobacteria that oxidize nitrites into nitrates
- nitrify convert into nitric acid, nitrous acid, or nitrate, especially with the action of nitrobacteria