nitrobacterium

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

• 🇫🇷Bactérie du sol qui participe au cycle de l'azote en oxydant les composés d'ammonium en nitrites ou les nitrites en nitrates.

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.

   🇫🇷Nitrobactérie

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