genus nitrobacter

English Thesaurus

1. rod-shaped soil bacteria (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	bacteria genus,
definition	:	a genus of bacteria (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	nitric bacteria, nitrobacteria,
definition	:	soil bacteria that convert nitrites to nitrates (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family nitrobacteriaceae, nitrobacteriaceae,
definition	:	usually rod-shaped bacteria that oxidize ammonia or nitrites: nitrobacteria (noun.animal)