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Q. Nitrifying bacteria

MP PMTMP PMT 2007Mineral Nutrition

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Nitrifying bacteria involves the oxidation of ammonia to nitrates through nitrites called nitrification. Nitrite bacteria (Ntirosomoncts and Nitrococcus) convert ammonia to nitrites whereas, nitrate bacteria (Nitrobacter and Nitrocystis) convert nitrite to soluble nitrates.