NITRIFYING BACTERIA


Meaning of NITRIFYING BACTERIA in English

Small group of oxygen-requiring bacteria that use nitrogen as an energy source.

These microorganisms are important in the nitrogen cycle as converters of soil ammonia to nitrites , and bacteria that convert nitrites to nitrates. In agriculture, irrigation with dilute solutions of ammonia results in an increase in soil nitrates through the action of nitrifying bacteria. See also {{link=denitrifying bacteria">denitrifying bacteria .

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