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Definition of Denitrifier
1. Noun. (biology soil science) An organism that engages in denitrification, the removal of nitrates from the environment ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Denitrifier
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Denitrifier
Literary usage of Denitrifier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biotechnology for Water Use and Conservation: The Mexico '96 Workshop by OECD Staff, Zapata, Francisco Bolívar (1997)
"This result shows that hydrogen oxidising denitrifier is widely distributed. ...
Characteristics of hydrogen oxidising denitrifier It is recognised that ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1917)
"... is a denitrifier which he has named Bacterium calcis. It is an organism similar
to other denitrifiers, possessing the power to reduce nitrates to ..."
3. The Origin and Evolution of Life: On the Theory of Action, Reaction and by Henry Fairfield Osborn (1918)
"The next type of bacterium (E) is a denitrifier, which derives its oxygen from
the nitrates, reducing them to nitrites and free nitrogen and ammonia. ..."
4. Elements of Modern Chemistry by Charles Adolphe Wurtz, William Houston Greene (1889)
"... allowed to flow by the inclined tube F into the chamber C, where it encounters
an excess of sulphurous oxide, and which is called the denitrifier. ..."
5. A Laboratory Manual of Soil Bacteriology by Edwin Broun Fred (1916)
"Inoculate two bottles with 10 to 20 grams of garden soil; two with a pure culture
of a denitrifier. 3. Incubate at 37° C. 4. Place bottles in plates, ..."
6. A Laboratory Manual of Soil Bacteriology by Edwin Broun Fred (1916)
"Inoculate two bottles with 10 to 20 grams of garden soil; two with a pure culture
of a denitrifier. 3. Incubate at 37° C. 4. Place bottles in plates, ..."
7. Ending the War Metaphor: The Changing Agenda for Unraveling the Host-Microbe by Forum on Microbial Threats, Institute of Medicine (U.S.) (2006)
"Combined phosphate and nitrogen removal in a sequencing batch reactor using the
aerobic denitrifier. ..."