Search Result for "nitrous_bacterium":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. any of the nitrobacteria that oxidize ammonia into nitrites;
[syn: nitrite bacterium, nitrous bacterium]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

nitrous bacterium
    n 1: any of the nitrobacteria that oxidize ammonia into nitrites
         [syn: nitrite bacterium, nitrous bacterium]