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nitrate bacterium

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nitrate bacterium  
n.  Any of several nitrobacteria that convert nitrites to nitrates by oxidation. Also called nitric bacterium.
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nitrate bacterium

noun
any of the nitrobacteria that oxidize nitrites into nitrates 
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