nitrifying

About 0.11 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Describing certain bacteria that oxidize ammonia to nitrite and nitrate in the soil

Similar words

nitrophilic nitrophilous acidotrophic methaniferous actinorhizal microaerophilic nodulating aciduric sulfophilic acidophilous

Often followed by

bacteria organisms and organism power activity biofilm activated microorganisms population