family nitrobacteriaceae
Noun
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Usually rod-shaped bacteria that oxidize ammonia or nitrites: nitrobacteria (synset 101364614)
is a type of: bacteria genus - a genus of bacteriamember holonym:
- genus nitrobacter, nitrobacter - rod-shaped soil bacteria
- genus nitrosomonas, nitrosomonas - ellipsoidal soil bacteria
belongs to: order pseudomonadales, pseudomonadales - one of two usually recognized orders of true bacteria; Gram-negative spiral or spherical or rod-shaped bacteria usually motile by polar flagella; some contain photosynthetic pigmentssame as: nitrobacteriaceae
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