硝しょう化か細さい菌きん

noun

nitrifying bacteria

Technical term in microbiology and environmental engineering; refers to bacteria that oxidize ammonia to nitrite or nitrate.

• 硝しょう化か細さい菌きんはアンモニアを亜あ硝しょう酸さんに変かえる。

  Nitrifying bacteria convert ammonia into nitrite.