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GENUS NITROBACTER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Nitrobacter mean?
• GENUS NITROBACTER (noun)
The noun GENUS NITROBACTER has 1 sense:
1. rod-shaped soil bacteria
Familiarity information: GENUS NITROBACTER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Rod-shaped soil bacteria
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Nitrobacter; Nitrobacter
Hypernyms ("genus Nitrobacter" is a kind of...):
bacteria genus (a genus of bacteria)
Meronyms (members of "genus Nitrobacter"):
nitric bacteria; nitrobacteria (soil bacteria that convert nitrites to nitrates)
Holonyms ("genus Nitrobacter" is a member of...):
family Nitrobacteriaceae; Nitrobacteriaceae (usually rod-shaped bacteria that oxidize ammonia or nitrites: nitrobacteria)
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