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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

deprecated concept

Note

[controlled by ] Staszewski 08.06.2013

Scope note

US LTER controlled vocabulary

Creator

herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

In other languages

French

nitrification

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/USLterCV_370

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Created 3/31/16, last modified 6/18/18

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