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Definition of Nitrobacterium
1. Noun. Any of the bacteria in the soil that take part in the nitrogen cycle; they oxidize ammonium compounds into nitrites or oxidize nitrites into nitrates.
Specialized synonyms: Nitrate Bacterium, Nitric Bacterium, Nitrite Bacterium, Nitrous Bacterium
Definition of Nitrobacterium
1. Noun. Any if the several species of bacteria in the soil that take part in the nitrogen cycle, oxidizing ammonium, and organic nitrogen compounds to the more soluble nitrite and nitrate. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nitrobacterium
Literary usage of Nitrobacterium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Botanisches Zentralblatt: Referierendes Organ für das Gesamtgebiet der Botanik by Botanischer Verein in München, Deutsche Botanische Gesellschaft, Berlin (1892)
"Die in des Verf. erster Mittheilung beschriebene Methode, mittels welcher es ihm
zuerst gelang, ein nitrobacterium zu isoliren, ist nicht nur sehr ..."
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