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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. soil bacteria that convert nitrites to nitrates;
[syn: nitric bacteria, nitrobacteria]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

nitrobacteria \nitrobacteria\ n. Soil bacteria that convert nitrites to nitrates. Syn: nitric bacteria. [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

nitrobacteria n 1: soil bacteria that convert nitrites to nitrates [syn: nitric bacteria, nitrobacteria]