nitrobacterium

English

Etymology

From nitro- +‎ bacterium or Nitrobacter + -ium.

Noun

nitrobacterium (plural nitrobacteria)

1. Any of the several genera of bacteria in soil that take part in the nitrogen cycle, oxidizing ammonium and organic nitrogen compounds to the more soluble nitrite and nitrate.

Translations

species

• Finnish: typpibakteeri
• Italian: nitrobatterio (it) m
• Polish: azotobakter m

See also

• Bradyrhizobiaceae
• Nitrobacter
• Nitrobacteraceae
• Nitrosomonadaceae

References

• “nitrobacterium”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Nitrobacteraceae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bradyrhizobiaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Bradyrhizobiaceae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Nitrosomonadaceae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia