Definition of Genus Nitrobacter

1. Noun. Rod-shaped soil bacteria.

Exact synonyms: Nitrobacter
Generic synonyms: Bacteria Genus
Group relationships: Family Nitrobacteriaceae, Nitrobacteriaceae
Member holonyms: Nitric Bacteria, Nitrobacteria

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Nitrobacter

genus Nerium
genus Nerodia
genus Nesokia
genus Nestor
genus Neurospora
genus Neurotrichus
genus Nicandra
genus Nicotiana
genus Nidularia
genus Nierembergia
genus Nigella
genus Nigroporus
genus Nimravus
genus Nipa
genus Nitella
genus Nitrobacter (current term)
genus Nitrosomonas
genus Noctiluca
genus Noctua
genus Nolina
genus Nomia
genus Nopalea
genus Nostoc
genus Notechis
genus Notemigonus
genus Nothofagus
genus Nothosaurus
genus Notomys
genus Notonecta
genus Notophthalmus

Literary usage of Genus Nitrobacter

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Plant Anatomy from the Standpoint of the Development and Functions of the by William Chase Stevens (1916)
"utilize the kinetic energy liberated by this oxidation in making food from carbon dioxide and water. Other bacteria included in the genus Nitrobacter ..."

2. Microbiology: A Text-book of Microörganisms, General and Applied by Charles E. Marshall (1921)
"... in the genus Nitrobacter. Apart from these bacteria there is an organism, according to Kaserer, that can oxidize ammonia directly to nitrate. ..."

3. Sewage Disposal by Leonard Parker Kinnicutt (1919)
"The nitrate formers of the genus Nitrobacter are smaller oval rods, capsulated, and responding with difficulty to ordinary bacterial stains. ..."

4. Microbiology for Agricultural and Domestic Science Students by Charles Edward Marshall, Frederic Theodore Bioletti (1911)
"... in the genus Nitrobacter. Apart from these bacteria there is an organism, according to Kaserer, that can oxidize ammonia directly to nitrate. ..."

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