denitrifying
present participle ofdenitrify
denitrify
verb[T]
chemistryspecializeduk/diˈnaɪ.trɪ.faɪ/us/diˈnaɪ.trə.faɪ/tobreakupnitrates(=chemicalscontainingnitrogenandoxygen), forexampleinsoil, and soreleasenitrogeninto theair:
Denitrifyingbacteriareducethefertilityof thesoil.
Opposite
nitrifyspecialized
Biochemistry
- adipose
- adrenalin
- amino acid
- amylase
- androgen
- enzymatic
- enzyme
- fatty acid
- flavonoid
- formic acid
- nuclease
- nucleic acid
- nutrient
- oestradiol
- pepsin
- trace element
- transfer RNA
- triplet codon
- tRNA
- xylem
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This suggests that different types ofdenitrifyingstrategies win in different biological environments.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Nitrogen gases are produced bydenitrifyingbacteria and as a waste product, and bacteria for decaying yield ammonia, as do most invertebrates and vertebrates.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The herbicide was found to undergo anaerobic microbial degradation underdenitrifying, iron-reducing, sulfate-reducing, or methanogenic conditions.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Denitrification may occur under anaerobic conditions (flooding) in the presence ofdenitrifyingbacteria.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Other strains have been discovered that can degrade halobenzoates under anaerobicdenitrifyingconditions, and that can degrade sulfonates under anaerobic growth conditions.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Putrefying bacteria is one of the main processes in the nitrogen cycle; other than putrefying bacteria there aredenitrifyingbacteria, nitrifying bacteria and nitrogen-fixing bacteria.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Denitrifyingbacteria convert the nitrate into nitrogen gas.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Denitrifyingbacteria themselves include several species of "pseudomonas", "alkaligenes" and "bacillus".
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