nitric bacteria

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bacteria that convert nitrites to nitrates in the soilSee also nitrobacteria

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Words nearby nitric bacteria

nitratine, nitrazepam, nitre, nitric, nitric acid, nitric bacteria, nitric oxide, nitride, nitriding, nitriding steel, nitrification

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How to use nitric bacteria in a sentence

The more antibiotics are used inappropriately, the greater the risk of bacteria growing resistant to them.
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What specific bacteria and viruses can be detected in the sewage?
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If all animals vanished, most bacteria would still live on, but if all bacteria disappeared, we would die quickly.
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A new book focuses on gut bacteria as the key to a healthy weight.
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But consider that when we eat, the bacteria are actually fed first.
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Bacteria, when present in great numbers, give a uniform cloud which cannot be removed by ordinary filtration.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
It is to be remembered, however, that a few of these bacteria may reach the sputum from the upper air-passages.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Bacteria of various kinds, especially staphylococci, are usually numerous.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
They are able to migrate readily from place to place and to ingest small bodies, as bacteria.
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Undiluted normal blood can agglutinate most bacteria, but loses this power when diluted to any considerable degree.
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