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Nitrobacterium Thesaurus

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.

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Related dictionary entries include nitrophile, bacteroid, nitrophyte, rhizobium, tenericute, acidobacterium.

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