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Noun: nitrous bacteria  'nI-trus bak'ti(-u)-ree-u
  1. Soil bacteria that oxidize ammonia to nitrites
    - nitrosobacteria

Type of: eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria

Part of: genus Nitrosomonas, Nitrosomonas