"nitrobacterium" meaning in English

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        "Any of the several genera of bacteria in soil that take part in the nitrogen cycle, oxidizing ammonium and organic nitrogen compounds to the more soluble nitrite and nitrate."
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          "bacteria",
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          "nitrogen cycle",
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          "oxidizing",
          "oxidize"
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          "ammonium",
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          "nitrite",
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          "nitrate",
          "nitrate"
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        {
          "word": "Bradyrhizobiaceae"
        },
        {
          "word": "Nitrobacter"
        },
        {
          "word": "Nitrobacteraceae"
        },
        {
          "word": "Nitrosomonadaceae"
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          "word": "typpibakteeri"
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          "word": "nitrobatterio"
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          "word": "azotobakter"
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      "word": "Nitrobacter"
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        "Any of the several genera of bacteria in soil that take part in the nitrogen cycle, oxidizing ammonium and organic nitrogen compounds to the more soluble nitrite and nitrate."
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