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Answer for the clue "They oxidize ammonium compounds into nitrites or oxidize nitrites into nitrates ", 14 letters:
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