nitrobacterium

A type of soil bacterium involved in the nitrogen cycle, responsible for oxidizing ammonium compounds into nitrites or nitrites into nitrates.

• 🇩🇪Bakterium, das am Stickstoffkreislauf beteiligt ist und Ammonium zu Nitrit oder Nitrit zu Nitrat oxidiert.

1. Soil bacterium in the nitrogen cycle C2 formal scientific

   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.

   • Nitrobacteria are essential for converting ammonia into nitrates in the soil.
   • Farmers rely on nitrobacteria to enrich the soil naturally.
   • The presence of nitrobacteria indicates a healthy nitrogen cycle in the ecosystem.

   🇩🇪Bodenbakterium im Stickstoffkreislauf

• nitrobacteria plural form
• nitrobacteria's possessive plural form
• nitrobacterium's possessive singular form