Nitrate Bacterium (Noun)
Meaning
Any of the nitrobacteria that oxidize nitrites into nitrates.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The presence of nitrate bacterium in soil helps convert nitrogen into a usable form for plants.
- Nitrate bacterium are typically aerobic organisms found in aquatic and terrestrial environments.
- Researchers are studying the properties of a particular nitrate bacterium that contributes to efficient wastewater treatment.
- Agricultural microbiologists examine how to maximize the beneficial effects of nitrate bacterium in farming ecosystems.
- Environmental scientists discovered an increase in the growth rate of certain aquatic organisms near sites rich in nitrate bacterium.