Nitrobacteriaceae

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nitrobacteriaceae \Nitrobacteriaceae\ prop. n.
     A natural family of usually rod-shaped bacteria that oxidize
     ammonia or nitrites: nitrobacteria.
  
     Syn: family {Nitrobacteriaceae}.
          [WordNet 1.5]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Nitrobacteriaceae
       n : usually rod-shaped bacteria that oxidize ammonia or
           nitrites: nitrobacteria [syn: {family Nitrobacteriaceae}]