nitrifier
[ nahy-truh-fahy-er ]
nounChemistry, Biology.
any of the bacteria or other microbes, as those found in soil, that convert ammonia or ammonium compounds to nitrites and then to nitrates.: Compare denitrifier. See also nitrification.
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