What is nitrification? What are the bacteria that participate in nitri

1.	What is nitrification? What are the bacteria that participate in nitrification?
Answer» Nitrates can also be converted to ammonia by the denitrifying bacteria in the soil. The nitrifying bacteria may then use this ammonia to synthesize compounds for their own cell and eventually convert to proteins, nucleic acids, nitrites, and nitrates. Nitrites are produced mainly by nitrosomonas, while nitrates by nitrobacters that are also capable of utilizing nitrites and converting them to nitrates. Death of these organisms add the nitrogenous compounds to the soil.

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