Nitrobacteria

2 definitions found

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

  nitrobacteria \nitrobacteria\ n.
     Soil bacteria that convert nitrites to nitrates.
  
     Syn: nitric bacteria.
          [WordNet 1.5]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  nitrobacteria
       n : soil bacteria that convert nitrites to nitrates [syn: {nitric
           bacteria}]