Nitrobacterieae

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Nitrobacterieae

  1. (archaic) A taxonomic tribe within the family Nitrobacteriaceae – certain nitrifying bacteria.
    • 1937, Martin Frobisher, Fundamentals of Bacteriology (in English), page 104:
      The most primitive species of bacteria known to be in in the process of soil fertilization are grouped in the tribe Nitrobacterieae.

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