family nitrobacteriaceae

1. 1.

   usually rod-shaped bacteria that oxidize ammonia or nitrites: nitrobacteria

   SynonymsNitrobacteriaceae

   Broaderbacteria genus

   Part ofPseudomonadales

Questions about family nitrobacteriaceae

What does family nitrobacteriaceae mean?

family nitrobacteriaceae means "usually rod-shaped bacteria that oxidize ammonia or nitrites: nitrobacteria".

What is another word for family nitrobacteriaceae?

Close synonyms include Nitrobacteriaceae. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is family nitrobacteriaceae a common word?

family nitrobacteriaceae is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.