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Nitrate reductase test — The nitrate reductase test is a test to differentiate between bacteria based on their ability or inability to reduce nitrate (NO3−) to nitrite (NO2−) using anaerobic respiration. Procedure Various assays for detecting nitrate reduction have been… … Wikipedia
Bacterium ureae — Urea U re*a, a. [NL. See {Urine}.] (Physiol. Chem.) A very soluble crystalline body which is the chief constituent of the urine in mammals and some other animals. It is also present in small quantity in blood, serous fluids, lymph, the liver, etc … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
nitric bacterium — noun any of the nitrobacteria that oxidize nitrites into nitrates • Syn: ↑nitrate bacterium • Hypernyms: ↑nitrobacterium … Useful english dictionary
nitratebacterium — nitrate bacterium n. Any of several nitrobacteria that convert nitrites to nitrates by oxidation. Also called nitric bacterium. * * * … Universalium
nitrobacterium — noun 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 • Hypernyms: ↑bacteria, ↑bacterium • Hyponyms: ↑nitrate bacterium, ↑nitric bacterium,… … Useful english dictionary
nitricbacterium — nitric bacterium n. See nitrate bacterium. * * * … Universalium
bacteria — bacterial, adj. bacterially, adv. /bak tear ee euh/, n.pl., sing. bacterium / tear ee euhm/. ubiquitous one celled organisms, spherical, spiral, or rod shaped and appearing singly or in chains, comprising the Schizomycota, a phylum of the kingdom … Universalium
Microbial metabolism — is the means by which a microbe obtains the energy and nutrients (e.g. carbon) it needs to live and reproduce. Microbes use many different types of metabolic strategies and species can often be differentiated from each other based on metabolic… … Wikipedia
plant disease — ▪ plant pathology Introduction an impairment of the normal state of a plant that interrupts or modifies its vital functions. All species of plants, wild and cultivated alike, are subject to disease. Although each species is… … Universalium
Life Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Zoology In 2008 several zoological studies provided new insights into how species life history traits (such as the timing of reproduction or the length of life of adult individuals) are derived in part as responses to… … Universalium
