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Definition of Nitrifiers
1. nitrifier [n] - See also: nitrifier
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nitrifiers
Literary usage of Nitrifiers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Agricultural Bacteriology: A Study of the Relation of Germ Life to the Farm by Herbert William Conn (1918)
"But whatever its source, these nitrifiers are able to live under conditions in
which but few other organisms can exist. Until recently, in fact, ..."
2. Agricultural Bacteriology: A Study of the Relation of Germ Life to the Farm by Herbert William Conn (1909)
"This checking of the action of nitrifiers by organic matter or ammonia, ...
The nitrifiers cannot develop in an acid medium and are usually absent from acid ..."
3. Air Quality Criteria for Oxides of Nitrogenby Dennis J. Kotchmar by Dennis J. Kotchmar (1996)
"The authors concluded that more frequent fertilization in those particular
ecosystems benefited nitrifiers more than trees. In a later study, ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1917)
"The similarity between the Algonkian bacteria (A) and some recent forms of
nitrifiers (B, C) is shown in the comparison of the parts indicated by arrows in ..."
5. Control of Biofilm Growth in Drinking Water Distribution Systems by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"Bacteria that can use ammonia for growth and need only carbon dioxide as a carbon
source (autotrophic nitrifiers) sometime prove to be a problem when water ..."