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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.

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Note

  • [controlled by ] Staszewski 08.06.2013

Scope note

  • US LTER controlled vocabulary

Creator

  • herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

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http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/20967

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