Preferred term
nitrification
Definition
- [Henderson's] n. the oxidation of ammonium ion to nitrite, and the oxidation of nitrite to nitrate, carried out chiefly by a few groups of soil bacteria (nitrifiers), mainly genera Nitrosomonas and Nitrobacter and also by a few species of fungi.
Broader concept
Note
- [controlled by ] Staszewski 08.06.2013
Scope note
- US LTER controlled vocabulary
Creator
- herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at
In other languages
Arabic
- النترتة
Bulgarian
- Нитрификация
Croatian
- nitrifikacija
Czech
- nitrifikace
Danish
- nitrifikation
Dutch
- nitrificatie
Estonian
- nitrifikatsioon
Finnish
- nitrifikaatio
French
- nitrification
German
- Nitrifikation
Greek
- νιτροποίηση
Hungarian
- nitrálás
Italian
- nitrificazione
Latvian
- nitrifikācija
Lithuanian
- nitrifikacija
Norwegian
- nitrifikasjon
Polish
- nitryfikacja
Portuguese
- nitrificação
Romanian
- nitrificare
Slovak
- nitrifikácia
Slovenian
- nitrifikacija
Spanish
- nitrificación
Swedish
- nitrifiering
URI
http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/20967