nitrifiern.
/ˈnʌɪtrᵻfʌɪə/, U.S. /ˈnaɪtrəˌfaɪər/ Biology.
An organism which produces nitrites or nitrates; a soil containing such organisms.
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the world > life > biology > balance of nature > organisms in relation to habitat > [noun]
colonist1839
benthos1891
land form1897
heterotroph1900
autotroph1901
epibenthos1902
specialist1902
microaerophile1903
nitrifier1903
consumer1904
nitrogen fixer1904
producer1904
indicator1906
psychrophile1906
thermophil1909
sulphuretum1925
influent1926
halobiont1928
halophile1928
mesophile1928
oligosaprobe1931
saprobe1932
eurytope1938
stenotope1938
photoautotroph1939
chemoautotroph1943
prototroph1946
mixotrophy1948
chemolithoautotroph1949
auxotroph1950
chemoheterotroph1951
chemoorganotroph1953
chemolithotroph1955
chemotroph1958
osmophile1961
psychrotroph1963
saprotroph1963
generalist1964
opportunist1967
cryophile1970
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > kind of earth or soil > [noun] > nitrifying soil
nitrifier1903
1903 Lancet 6 June 1590/1 The bacterial organisms themselves are..the real nitrogen bringers or nitrifiers.
1931 E. Ashby tr. H. Lundegårdh Environment & Plant Devel. viii. 241 Mycorhiza occur more commonly in soils which are poor nitrifiers, than in soils in which the nitrification is good.
1973 Communications Soil Sci. & Plant Anal. 4 280 Greater populations of nitrifiers were found by the NPN method than by silica gel plating for most soils.
1989 Nature 28 Sept. 315/1 The organisms that oxidize methane include methanotrophs and also nitrifiers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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