nitrous bacterium nitrous bacteria • nitrous oxide · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · nitrous bacterium · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 17 · · Length 6 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) any of the nitrobacteria that oxidize ammonia into nitrites. Synonyms: nitrite bacterium, nitrous bacterium. · · Noun Definition 1 Synonyms · · · nitrite bacterium · · Synonym 1 Characters · · space U+0020 a latin small letter a U+0061 b latin small letter b U+0062 c latin small letter c U+0063 e latin small letter e U+0065 i latin small letter i U+0069 m latin small letter m U+006D n latin small letter n U+006E o latin small letter o U+006F r latin small letter r U+0072 s latin small letter s U+0073 t latin small letter t U+0074 u latin small letter u U+0075