nitrite bacterium — noun any of the nitrobacteria that oxidize ammonia into nitrites • Syn: ↑nitrous bacterium • Hypernyms: ↑nitrobacterium … Useful english dictionary
nitrousbacterium — nitrous bacterium n. See nitrite 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
nitritebacterium — nitrite bacterium n. Any of several nitrobacteria that convert ammonia to nitrites by oxidation. Also called nitrous bacterium. * * * … Universalium
Heparin — Systematic (IUPAC) name see Hep … Wikipedia
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
Paracoccus denitrificans — Scientific classification Superdomain: Phylogenetica Kingdom: Bacteria Phylum … Wikipedia
nucleic acid — /nooh klee ik, klay , nyooh /, Biochem. any of a group of long, linear macromolecules, either DNA or various types of RNA, that carry genetic information directing all cellular functions: composed of linked nucleotides. [1890 95; NUCLE(US) + IC;… … Universalium
Vitamin B12 — Systematic (IUPAC) name α (5,6 dimethylbenzimidazolyl)coba … Wikipedia
nitrogen — /nuy treuh jeuhn/, n. Chem. a colorless, odorless, gaseous element that constitutes about four fifths of the volume of the atmosphere and is present in combined form in animal and vegetable tissues, esp. in proteins: used chiefly in the… … Universalium