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Any of the bacteria in the soil that take part in the nitrogen cycle
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nitrobacterium
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n. Any of the several genera of bacteria in soil that take part in the nitrogen cycle, oxidize ammonium and organic nitrogen compounds to the more soluble nitrite and nitrate.
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n. any of the bacteria in the soil that take part in the nitrogen cycle; they oxidize ammonium compounds into nitrites or oxidize nitrites into nitrates