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NITRIC BACTERIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nitric bacteria mean?
• NITRIC BACTERIA (noun)
The noun NITRIC BACTERIA has 1 sense:
1. soil bacteria that convert nitrites to nitrates
Familiarity information: NITRIC BACTERIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Soil bacteria that convert nitrites to nitrates
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
nitric bacteria; nitrobacteria
Hypernyms ("nitric bacteria" is a kind of...):
eubacteria; eubacterium; true bacteria (a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella)
Holonyms ("nitric bacteria" is a member of...):
genus Nitrobacter; Nitrobacter (rod-shaped soil bacteria)
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